Bent Over Rows

[tzan]

Just wondering if you guys prefer to keep your palms facing up or down when doing these. I personally feel that I get a better squezze if I keep my palms facing up.

 

[gymtime]

I'm a big believer in modifying your grip for all back excercises. Anything to keep the body guessing.

 

[Thaibox]

I did only palms down for a while. Now I mix it up. I can handle more weight of course when palms are up, and like you said I can feel my back a little better this way.

 

[diamonddiceclay]

down is how it should be done

 

[Haz]

I used to do it with palms down, until I heard that Yates advocated palms up. I switched, and I felt it hit the back better. Then I screwed up my wrists, so now I have to do it with palms down again.

 

[Diesel3d]

i was just going to post asking this.

i feel much better doing them palms up but i dont want to cheat the exercise

 

[the nature boy]

palms up feels strange on my wrists.

 

[110%]

while were on this subject, i have another question on their form. i have always done them by lifting the weight up so my arms face out, perpindicular to my lats (the tricep part of my arm) and my elbows make a right angel witht he forearm and tricep part (if u understand this), then i was watcing a video over at www.deepsquatter.com and he was bringing the weight up by his arms stayed parrallel to the lats, and the elbows still make a right angle with forearm and top of arm, if u understand this which is right?

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

palms down. I use too much bi otherwise. Palms down and concentrate on pullign with the elbows, pretending I have boards behind my elbows I am trying to smash them thru. try it, it works! big back a coming....

 

[Lord_Suston]

I do them with pals down and then I got to palms up. When doing palms down I feel a greater burn in my posterior delts and rhomboids, and even some traps. When I do palms up I feel most of it in my rhoms and lats. So i switch them up to get an overall workout out without compromising any parts....