Do you do Low pulley rows in your workout?

[gonelifting]

I`m thinking of reincorporatiing them into my WO. I`m doing Bent barbell rows, Pulldowns deadlifts, bench supported DB rows now.

What do you guys think.

 

[tuc biscuit]

no, do goodmornings instead

 

[bran987]

sure, as long as you drop one of the other 2 row exercises you are already doing

for some reason, when doing rows, the machines really help me take my biceps out of the movement. my biceps are usually the first thing to tire when doing a free weight DB or BB row.

 

[Dial_tone]

I used to do a ton of them. I feel them alot in my biceps....too much sometimes so straps are necessary. Right now I do
8 sets on the Hammer strength row - 4 with the close grip and 4 with the wide
3 sets cable rows
4 sets front pulldowns
rear delts
stiff leg deads

 

[gonelifting]

sure, as long as you drop one of the other 2 row exercises you are already doing

for some reason, when doing rows, the machines really help me take my biceps out of the movement. my biceps are usually the first thing to tire when doing a free weight DB or BB row.

I don`t do all those exercises in the same WO. I may do Pulldowns/bent row/ deadlift. I`ll substitute bench supported rows if my lower back is giving me problems.

I tried getting Good mornings in there and I SHOULD but doing Stiff legged deads AND regular deads AND good mornings was a little too much. I also would love to do reverse hypers which I don`t. I don`t have the room in my basement for all that stuff. It sucks.

 

[Forge]

I do low pulley rows occasionally. Just make sure to squeeze your shoulder blades together at the back of the movement, and to use a slow negative. This really makes me feel it in the lats.

 

[MrMuscle]

I have two back workouts i alternate.

Week1:
Chins
Low Pulley rows
Deadlifts

Week 2:
Pulldowns to the front
Bent over BB rows
Seated high machine rows
Weighted hyperextensions

 

[biteme]

Absolutely. You wanna grow, you gotta row.

 

[InTraining]

Yes..I like almost all forms of rows.....

But I find I need to lighten the weight and go for perfect form to feel this exercise...so what I have been doing is a triple dropset going for quality reps...

 

[Burning_Inside]

current back workout:
3 sets of the gravitron assisted pull up machine
3 low cable rows
3 t bar row
2 pullover machine
2 sets dumbell shrugs
1 set upright row
all reps for 4-6

been doing this a month and theres a good improvement every workout.

 

[WODIN]

I don't do girlie-man exercises!

 

[d3track]

at the very end of like every 4th or 5th back workout

 

[biteme]

Yes..I like almost all forms of rows.....

But I find I need to lighten the weight and go for perfect form to feel this exercise...so what I have been doing is a triple dropset going for quality reps...

Yep. I see too may people trying to look macho. The use way too much weight and throw their torso to the bar. Keep your upper body stationary and row the bar to your lower sternum. I have to get Starfish breakfast now.

 

[javaguru]

I almost always have some variation of low pulley rows in my back routine.

 

[Burning_Inside]

Yep. I see too may people trying to look macho. The use way too much weight and throw their torso to the bar. Keep your upper body stationary and row the bar to your lower sternum. I have to get Starfish breakfast now.

every website i've ever seen detailing how to do a low row appropriately tells you to lean forward to stretch the lats, and not keep your back still while moving only your arms throughout the workout.

 

[MrMuscle]

If i want to keep my back stiff i will do a machine row. On low rows i want to stretch it out.

 

[big4life]

every website i've ever seen detailing how to do a low row appropriately tells you to lean forward to stretch the lats, and not keep your back still while moving only your arms throughout the workout.

That's the way that I would do rows if I worked out.

Lean forward to stretch, but come back to a position where your back is straight and pull the weight into your midsection, squeezng your shoulder blades together.

 

[biteme]

every website i've ever seen detailing how to do a low row appropriately tells you to lean forward to stretch the lats, and not keep your back still while moving only your arms throughout the workout.

I don't agree with this. How's is leaning forward from your waist gonna stretch your lats? The weight itself will stretch your lats when you come to full extension. Leaning forward only increases the chances of injury to your lower back. That's my opinion.

 

[biteme]

I don't do girlie-man exercises!

What do you do for your mammoth back Wodie?

 

[InTraining]

What do you do for your mammoth back Wodie?

I distinctly remember WODIN doing this girlie man exercise in his back routine!

Of course it was his last exercise and he was doing the entire stack for 4 sets of 20 reps....not kidding about that

 

[Burning_Inside]

I don't agree with this. How's is leaning forward from your waist gonna stretch your lats? The weight itself will stretch your lats when you come to full extension. Leaning forward only increases the chances of injury to your lower back. That's my opinion.

Well there has to be something to it if every website is telling you to do it this way.

I think it has to do with how the arms tend to become more parallel with the upper torso the more the torse becomes horizontal to the ground by leaning forward. Do you feel more of a stretch when you raise your arms and stretch them directly upwards, or if you extend them straight out? I feel it more when raising them straight up and I think this is what the leaning in movement is trying to do, get as much of that stretch as possible.

 

[big4life]

I allow the weight to pull me forward so that it stretches my back. I use a very slow and controlled motion on these. I see a lot of people who lean way to far forward and then go way to far back.

 

[biteme]

Well there has to be something to it if every website is telling you to do it this way.

I think it has to do with how the arms tend to become more parallel with the upper torso the more the torse becomes horizontal to the ground by leaning forward. Do you feel more of a stretch when you raise your arms and stretch them directly upwards, or if you extend them straight out? I feel it more when raising them straight up and I think this is what the leaning in movement is trying to do, get as much of that stretch as possible.

Yeah, maybe so. Over the years the experts have always changed their advice on how to do an exercise properly. That technique might have more benefit, but you to be careful and do it correctly, most people cheat way too much, so I'd just rather take that temptation away.

 

[InTraining]

I also like to lean forward on the negative portion of this exercise...Otherwise I don't feel it in the lats at all...but on the positive my back only goes back to 90 degrees....also I try to pull with the armpits if that makes sense...

Always feel it in the lower lats

 

[Sub-Zero]

no, do goodmornings instead

que?

porfavor

 

[supersizeme]

Back workout 1:
sl deads
db rows
cg machine pulldowns or hammer strength high rows

back workout 2:
weighted pullups
bb rows
wide, supinated grip pulldowns
hammer strength low rows

doing back workout #2 tomorrow morning. will think of you GL while i'm doing that last exercise. it's all about variety...do some shit your body isn't used to doing and stimulate. craig...stimulate yo mind!!

 

[string_bean00]

I always do...

4-5 sets deadlifts
4 sets dumbbell rows
2 sets pull-ups
1 set close grip pulldowns
4 sets of some variety of shrugs

 

[Devastation]

goodmorning, glute ham raise, reverse hypers

 

[GoldenDelicious]

i prefer close grip Tbar rows to low pulley rows...the pully movement hits my bis too hard, and they fail before my back does.

 

[WODIN]

no, do goodmornings instead

Yep! Much better off with GMs.

 

[jestros]

I enjoy attaching the D handle to the low pulley, and doing them 1handed.
I do bodypartts twice a week, used to be like this, but I just switched, too busy.
#1
Dead x3
Bent BB row x3
shrug x3
then bis (all bb moves)

#2
bis first(all db moves)
bent db row x3
seated 1arm row x3

 

[eat big]

yeah i do them a lot actually, i really like them, heres another thread on it:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=349300

 

[wutangnomo]

every website i've ever seen detailing how to do a low row appropriately tells you to lean forward to stretch the lats, and not keep your back still while moving only your arms throughout the workout.

Agreed.