Barbell rows.

[SeanHolmz]

Could some post a video of this excersise. I treid doing them yesterday and It just dind't feel right. 135 was real heavy for me and shouldn't be assuming what my other lifts are. Is there suppose to be a full ROM from arms full extended down to touching your chest? Or do you go lower and touch abs?

 

[IronLion]

I like to do them elevated in the exact opposite plane as the Bench Press

 

[muscledog95]

Iron, do you mean laying on your stomach on a bench elevated and rowing from underneath?

 

[IronLion]

yes, exactly

they are a much better bp assistance exercise than just bb rows or dorian rows, both of which I can handle huge weight, but if I am pulling to my sternum from underneath, I can barely do half of what I would use on a regular row, and my lats, rear delts are destroyed...its good stuff

 

[spatts]

That's how we do them too...just an upside down bench.

 

[muscledog95]

awesome....im gonna give that a try on thursday. How high do u prop up your bench?

 

[spatts]

I just do them standing, but the chest supported BB rows I do with the bench just high enough to allow for a full arm extension underneath.

 

[IronLion]

I Put 2 100 lb plates under each side of the bench and that gets me full extension. So I would say about 8"

 

[spatts]

Most of the chest supported rows I've seen in gyms have a variety of grips, and one of them is usually low, in the bench plane. If it's not, you can stack some plates on the platform to raise yourself until the weight is low enough (or wherever your bench plane is).

...or just do it like IL said.

 

[jerkbox]

interesting....I never cared for doing freestanding rows...always killed my lower back....i always used some kind of support....I'll have to try the bench thing