"BENT OVER ROWS- DOING THIS SHIT RIGHT- Rich Piana"

[Shrek]

BENT OVER ROWS- DOING THIS SHIT RIGHT- Rich Piana - YouTube

 

[Shrek]

Geez he's a big man

 

[Darkoz]

He's like a gorilla

 

[Fister Roboto]

Is...is he wearing makeup?

 

[Fister Roboto]

lol I suppose Lee Priest paints his nails.

 

[Jungnaut]

What would Dorian Yates say about that??

 

[Yoloswagscope]

My two cents is both exercises are great. Perfect Row/Yates Row. Just depends on what muscles you want to train. Yates row is great for upper back, but yes, perfect rows are better for middle back.

 

[Goosey]

IMO bent over rows are the fourth "power lift".
The more bent over the better, if you really want to focus on building overall back strength, then either chest supported, or one arm rows using DB's and a bench are the trick.

 

[Goosey]

Use a weight where you are able to control the movement, it's so easy to use the hip as you fatigue as in the video, too much movement around the hip there.

If you maintain a constant cadence throughout the set; 2 sec up, 2 sec hold (squeeze) at contraction and 4 sec lower to fatigue, one set or two max should be sufficient to hit the intended target muscles of the whole back.

 

[Headley]

^^^ Think i will try that at the gym next; bending over a lot more than usual to row

 

[Goosey]

The first couple of reps where you have fresh strength your inclined to move fast, Don't...you must move at the 2 sec rate, when you are fatiguing is when you are trying to pull fast, maintain the 2/2/4 every rep.

 

[C_T]

both are fine, i think rich is still swinging too much (on both styles!)

also, he skips leg days...

 

[bozodos]

chest supported row really hits my back, with relatively light weight too.

 

[Jungnaut]

I wish there was a chest supported row contraption at my gym. Used to love going heavy on those things at the end of my workout for a good burn.

 

[Neddysmith]

Yeah I find the chest supported gismos great for directly targeting the back, I find regardless of which style row you do, generally you start swinging when your core is giving out and fatiguing no so much your back which you are targeting.

 

[spartacus]

Yeah I find the chest supported gismos great for directly targeting the back, I find regardless of which style row you do, generally you start swinging when your core is giving out and fatiguing no so much your back which you are targeting.

Right on, I have never like bent over rows, much prefer machines with chest pad to really activate lats.

Bending over with strict form too much for my brain.

 

[Bazza20]

Yeah I find the chest supported gismos great for directly targeting the back, I find regardless of which style row you do, generally you start swinging when your core is giving out and fatiguing no so much your back which you are targeting.

Agree. I go for chest supported or cable rows.

 

[Goosey]

Doing rows with a barbell are an awesome exercise for building back strength like no other, in fact I would go as far as saying they'll do more for your back than chin-ups.

the chest supported variety more or less enable one to focus on the muscles of the upper torso safely, also without the limiting factor of the barbell, a good handle places the hands in safer position and an angled bar enables a larger range of motion to really squeeze the shoulder blades, this is where the magic happens.

 

[Shrek]

Do both....win / win.

But be careful if you have a lat imbalance. Working the weaker side first is a bad idea according to some.

 

[Rugby88]

Bent over Barbell rows are one of the best exercises - full stop!

Nothing like rowin 160kg's to wake you up in the morning...