feeling of DB rows

[muscledog95]

I just got done doing a 5x5 of DB rows. I never feel a burn in my back. Any of you not get the feel as I do?

 

[Lee]

only time i feel back burn is deads, but i dont do deads very much, and wont until i strengthen my lower back first, since they have always hurt my back. im planning on doing thme in the beginning of July.

 

[muscledog95]

I mean my upper back(lats, middle)

 

[The Red Dragon]

My back never burns unless I'm doing squats or deads

 

[Zander1983]

I tend to feel DB rows in my rear delts and brachialis the most.

 

[coolcolj]

pull it to your waist

 

[JollyRogers]

get your lats big with deads first then add in rows once your able to feel your lats more, then do rows while flexing them and pull up with them, thats what I did, if you cant flex them each, you might want to practice flexing them, might help a bit

 

[T-Rage]

Here's a great tip for any pulling exercise.

Attempt to keep your biceps unflexed. If you focus on this you immediately will feel your back muscles take over.

I have strong biceps and they always would do the pulling until I lowered the weight and focused on my back. Then I started feeling the pump in my back as opposed to my arms.

 

[Zander1983]

pull it to your waist

Just experimented with that and it does make a difference. Nice tip.

 

[muscledog95]

Thanks everyone. Hey CCJ..could u repost that vid of u doing those db rows. I saved it on my computer but lost it on accident?

Thanks

 

[SofaGeorge]

I just got done doing a 5x5 of DB rows. I never feel a burn in my back. Any of you not get the feel as I do?

Are you turning your back? I keep my shoulders square to the qround. I see almost everybody else turning away from the ground as the pull up. This make the exercise easier... and keeps them from hitting their lats.

 

[coolcolj]

Thanks everyone. Hey CCJ..could u repost that vid of u doing those db rows. I saved it on my computer but lost it on accident?

Thanks

Here

2.5 megs right click and save.
http://www.members.optushome.com.au/coolcolj2/Movies/CCJ_DumbellRowsPR105_5thMarch03.mpg

Reverse grip is ace

 

[crew9]

When I first started doing those I didn't feel it either. That's because I was focusing the pulling on my arm. Someone said act like your hand is a hook and pull from the elbows and for some reason it clicked. I started feeling it in my back.

 

[muscledog95]

Thanks dude. I wasn't satisfied with my back part of my workout yesterday so today i did some db rows. WOW you werent kidding CCJ. I pulled it to my waste and could definitialy feel it in my back.....Thanks dude

 

[coolcolj]

Thanks dude. I wasn't satisfied with my back part of my workout yesterday so today i did some db rows. WOW you werent kidding CCJ. I pulled it to my waste and could definitialy feel it in my back.....Thanks dude

Glad to be of service

 

[bigjaw]

muscledog - if you want them to burn then slow them right down with a full stretch at the bottom so the db goes forward away from you and you pull it up and back toward your upper waist area and of course as high as you can without sacrificing your form.
I was lucky coz when I did db rows it was the first execise I ever did for back and it just pulled my lats out after about two weeks. Every back execise I do is very very strict and my back is as fully flexed before and during and after each rep as I can manage. When doing bb rows especially make sure you don't lift at the hips at all. Your back should be hyper extended (partially) all thge way thru the movt but no movement should be made in the legs or hips or waist. Complete control is the name of the game. Only perhaps iof the weights are insanely heavy should that form ever be sacrificed and even then only marginally as risk of injury is greater.
Anyways - bent rows whether db or bb must be controlled and with back flexing throughout. Good luck.