Pain with upright rows...

[seizer]

I threw this excerise into the mix this afternoon and i dont know if its because im not used to the movement or what, but my shoulder has kind of of a pinching feeling when i perform it. Im not jerking the weight up too fast, im trying to keep good form. What do you think are the reasons for this? Should i remove it from my plan, or does it just take a little getting used to??

thanks, help would be appreciated!

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I'd remove it. Probably doesn't agree with your shoulders.

Same happens with me, even with very light weight.

I stay away from behind neck presses and pullovers for the same reason.

 

[H_T_]

you might want to experiment with your grip, try using dumbells too.........or try hi-pulls instead, a hi-pull is like a deadlift combined with an up-right row, but u don't pull to your chin, jus to mid, lower chest, you can't pull that high cuz of the heavier weight.

 

[curgeo]

Do not do any exercise that hurts. Muscular ache aside that is.

 

[B0dybuilder]

I agree, try EZbar and DB, if it still hurts give up, dont wanna injur yourself and were all built differently! Good luck tho man! May also try different grip (wide, close, thumb over/under) but be careful!

 

[b fold the truth]

I'd be hammering away at those rotator cuff exercises. I've used over 200 for reps on upright rows...but my shoulders are accustomed to heavy loads as well.

B True

 

[WalkingBeast]

If you got pain,
Id refrain.

 

[gymtime]

I'm gonna go against the crowd on this one, though I'm normally a huge believer in safety.

Sometimes when you're starting a new excercise, especially a big compound movement like bent rows, you'll get a minor strain as your body adjusts. So if it were me, and I've had more shoulder strains than I can count in my life, I'd first judge it by the severity of the pain. If it's really painful, then go ahead and pick a new excercise. But if it's just sort of an irritating soreness, I'd wait a week and give the rows another try.

Shoulder strains are typically short lived, as has been my experience. I'll get them sometimes when I start new excercises, but they rarely recur. So again, because bent rows are such a great excercise for you, I'd say try them again next week. Then if it still bothers you, go with something else. But I think you might find that it won't.

 

[WalkingBeast]

if the exercise was bent rows and not upright rows Id agree. Dumbell and barbell rows are real important movements for back. Upright rows for the shoulders arent necessary IMO. If its just a minor nagging pain then that can be worked through, if it a bad strain then it might be better to use other exercises. I havent done upright rows in years, and have gotten more then enough size on my shoulders compared to everything else. High volume chest work, incline and flat, and side laterals have been enough. Sometimes Ill add in shoulder presses ontop of that.

 

[gymtime]

OK I'm an idiot. He wrote upright rows and I read bent rows.

My friends....getting old sucks!

So forget my post. WB is right. Upright rows have caused all kinds of joint and muscle problems for people, because they're a really awkward movment to do. I'd say dump them; they're not that important.

 

[WalkingBeast]

OK I'm an idiot. He wrote upright rows and I read bent rows.

My friends....getting old sucks!

So forget my post. WB is right. Upright rows have caused all kinds of joint and muscle problems for people, because they're a really awkward movment to do. I'd say dump them; they're not that important.

What the FUCK does a crippled beast know anyway? Im going to FUCKING anihilate myself. In the full glory of a machine gun meltdown! KILL THAT SHIT!!

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

you can impinge your shoulder if your elbows go above your shoulder with your arms turned down in an upright row. its really not good for the shoulders. lean forward a bit, get an elbow width grip (as wide as bench basically) and only row until your elbows are as high as your shoulders.

works damn good and it doesnt fuck up your rotator cuff.

 

[Allon]

I feel a bit dumb asking this but are we talking about cable rows in an upright sitting position?

If we are, then I feel great with those, not saying someone else wouldn't agree with them, but I had a chronic pain for a long time in my upper back, (rhomboids) on my right side of back, and the rows are what cured it for me...

 

[b fold the truth]

I do them and pull with my elbow high...and straight up. DO NOT ROLL THE SHOULDERS BACK WHEN YOU DO THESE...!!!

Rolling them back is common when the weight gets heavy and it turns the rotator cuff and muscles around it...causing pain.

B True

 

[gymtime]

I do them and pull with my elbow high...and straight up. DO NOT ROLL THE SHOULDERS BACK WHEN YOU DO THESE...!!!

Rolling them back is common when the weight gets heavy and it turns the rotator cuff and muscles around it...causing pain.

B True

Funny you mention this. Just the other night at the gym I saw this "trainer" actually instruct some poor kid to roll his shoulders back at the top of an upright row. It was nothing short of disturbing.

 

[BOOEY]

It's like that old joke: "Hey doc, it hurts when I go like this." Doctor: "Then don't do that."