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[anthrax]

What's the difference between:

Seated rows, Inverted rows (both horizontal pulling) and chin-ups?

I'm doing Seated row and chin-ups and wondering if I could introduce
Inverted row and/or replace Seated with inverted rows (with elevated feet and some plates on my chest)

Inverted row =

 

[blut wump]

Inverted rows are one of the top Hotel-room-workout exercises. Restricted by bodyweight which can be considerable for some or the inconvenience of plates etc. on the torso.

Seated rows take balance out of the equation and shorten the kinetic chain in comparison with a barbell row. I used to do them one-handed sitting on a Swiss ball since the stack at the gym wasn't enough to keep me happy two-handed.

 

[redguru]

All row exercises differ from chins and pulls by directionality. On chins and pulls you utilize biceps and brachoradialis more as secondary synergists whereas on rowing exercises the trapezius and posterior deltoid are utilized more. The Lats are still the primary exercised muscle on both exercises.

As a proof of concept, pre-exhaust your arms before doing chins and see if you are less capable or do shrugs and reverse flyes before rows.

 

[blut wump]

I actually got a biceps pump last week from doing close-grip supinated pulldowns. A most unpleasant sensation.

 

[musketeer]

All row exercises differ from chins and pulls by directionality. On chins and pulls you utilize biceps and brachoradialis more as secondary synergists whereas on rowing exercises the trapezius and posterior deltoid are utilized more. The Lats are still the primary exercised muscle on both exercises.

As a proof of concept, pre-exhaust your arms before doing chins and see if you are less capable or do shrugs and reverse flyes before rows.

It's because the bicep is also attached to the shoulder under the front delt, and raising the arm allows the bicep to contract more fully during exercises where the arms are up.