Author Topic: bent over rows. (Read 5236 times)

Ursus · « **on:** July 18, 2006, 01:18:54 PM »

ho;ly crap did them today for the first time. 10x10. lats so sore and feel so pumped still 6 hours later. ouch

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:24:25 PM »

No way! Bent over rows YOU BEAST!!!! You must feel like Neil Armstrong when he walked on the Moon!!!!!

Dorian 01 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:25:35 PM »

Was that your first time lifting weights? Bent-over rows are basic and essential, noob.

Ursus · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:27:45 PM »

yea was like the second time i touched a weight.

NarcissisticDeity · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:29:40 PM »

Try T-bars if you don't another awesome back exercise .

Ursus · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:31:17 PM »

ND i have done t bars. done them for up to 300x10 350x7. ended up hurting shoulder as at that weight form aint the best. sitting here my back is killing lol

BroadStreetBruiser · « **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:51:29 PM »

Yeah there is a whole world of wonderful excercises other then Butt Blaster Hack Squats and Lying Leg Curls

Ursus · « **Reply #7 on:** July 18, 2006, 02:04:49 PM »

ive heard of something called kickbacks...or is this just an urban myth no one has discovered yet?

candidate2025 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 18, 2006, 05:32:02 PM »

Quote from: Goudy on July 18, 2006, 02:04:49 PM

ive heard of something called kickbacks...or is this just an urban myth no one has discovered yet?

try em out...they might give you some triceps!!!! ahaha cuz by the looks of it you havent been doing any thing at all!!

brianX · « **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2006, 01:36:32 AM »

Quote from: candidate2025 on July 18, 2006, 05:32:02 PM

try em out...they might give you some triceps!!!! ahaha cuz by the looks of it you havent been doing any thing at all!!

Goudy has more muscle in his right lat than you have in your entire body, marshmallow boy.

Ursus · « **Reply #10 on:** July 19, 2006, 09:58:39 AM »

why does this kid keep posting good pics of me. if he looked about hed find ones of me when i was 190lbs. wat a fat bastard

jaejonna · « **Reply #11 on:** July 19, 2006, 11:34:02 AM »

eat a doughnut you fat fucker canidate

Overload · « **Reply #12 on:** July 19, 2006, 11:52:45 AM »

Quote from: Goudy on July 19, 2006, 09:58:39 AM

why does this kid keep posting good pics of me. if he looked about hed find ones of me when i was 190lbs. wat a fat bastard

He's jealous bro...misery loves company.

i alternate between tbars and bent over rows every 5-6 weeks. sometimes i do them first in my routine and sometimes last. BO rows are an excellent back mass builder, i also alternate grips as well(overhand or underhand). i feel it more in my lats when i do them underhand for some reason.

Keep up the excellent work, fuck the haters, you have a solid build and good tri's for your size.

runnerbabe · « **Reply #13 on:** July 19, 2006, 02:20:32 PM »

Is the angle the muscles are worked the biggest difference between results from T-bar rows and bent over rows--or is there something else?

Ursus · « **Reply #14 on:** July 19, 2006, 02:25:42 PM »

i kinda jerked the weight. t bars are excellent. in 2 months if no prob ill prob go back to them. t bars are immense

JOHN MATRIX · « **Reply #15 on:** July 19, 2006, 09:11:04 PM »

ive been supersetting bentover bb rows with weighted pullups and that alone is the best back workout ive found yet

candidate2025 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 19, 2006, 09:59:44 PM »

Quote from: Goudy on July 19, 2006, 09:58:39 AM

why does this kid keep posting good pics of me. if he looked about hed find ones of me when i was 190lbs. wat a fat bastard

hahahahaha thats a good picture of you?

holy jesus then you must really be weak!!! ahaha theres no tri's there at all...just the faint outline of where your tri should pop up

JOHN MATRIX · « **Reply #17 on:** July 20, 2006, 11:29:48 AM »

this coming from a guy who has all the lines of a sphere...canidate you are a classic example of the fat dude who believes his 89% bodyfat is all muscle, hahahha you doughy ball of shit.

Farkenell · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2006, 01:22:45 PM »

try bent over rows, proper bent over rows, not bent over shrugs, supersetted with deadlifts, that'll make ya piss.

dontknowit · « **Reply #19 on:** July 23, 2006, 02:39:45 AM »

90 degrees BOR's are BS, excuse the language.

60 degrees or even 30 degrees are better alternatives, and finish it with dumbbell row or a levermachine. Bending over to much puts to much pressure on your lower back, making that point your weakest link.

Always make a proper jugdement between form and function. 90 degrees maximum ROM, but it holds your back to make proper improvements.

pumpster · « **Reply #20 on:** July 23, 2006, 06:35:09 AM »

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90 degrees BOR's are BS, excuse the language.

60 degrees or even 30 degrees are better alternatives, and finish it with dumbbell row or a levermachine. Bending over to much puts to much pressure on your lower back, making that point your weakest link.

It depends on the person-for some, 90 degrees is easier on the lower back, for others 30 degrees is better.

After doing BB rows for many years I've concluded that they are not as effective as alternatives like T-bar rows, 1-arm DB rows, hammer-rows, etc. The main problem is the loose form that occurs because the back isn't prevented from moving. If the back is braced by resting the head or chest against a bench during BB rows there's a huge difference in lat isolation.

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Is the angle the muscles are worked the biggest difference between results from T-bar rows and bent over rows--or is there something else?

T-bars they hit the lats at a different angle AND they're easier on the back IMO, because you're able to lean back at angles that aren't viable with regular straight up and down BB rows.

dontknowit · « **Reply #21 on:** July 24, 2006, 03:45:29 AM »

True,
but the same for T-bar rows, a lot of people just can do them because of their shoulders.
Dumbbells, main problem weight. Their not enough gyms who have heavy dumbells. Hammer-rows is not my thing.

I sometimes use a other alternative, so called lying row,

Almost impossible to cheat, and always good form. There's a special bar, but you can also use a ez-bar, or even a regular bar.

pumpster · « **Reply #22 on:** July 24, 2006, 06:10:24 AM »

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I sometimes use a other alternative, so called lying row,

I use this one, it's the lowest-tech, easiest way to isolate the lats during rows without a T-bar or machines.

Another advantage they're nowhere near as exhausting as various forms of freeweight rows, because the lower back isn't involved.

gracie bjj · « **Reply #23 on:** July 25, 2006, 01:33:14 PM »

goudy has some huge ass pipes,they look around 19 or so imo

Ursus · « **Reply #24 on:** July 30, 2006, 06:21:04 AM »

thanks for kind words. i aint measured them redcently or posted a pic due to intenet probs etc tho def much bigger. ill post some soon.