Can't feel lats with barbell rows

[BodybuildingUniverse]

took me a while to feel em too.

Helps me to visualize trying to smash thru an invisible board behind my back with my elbows. The result is pulling with the back/elbow more, the arms are just hooks. a lot of guys just pull with the bi's too much.

 

[Lift Chief]

I wouldn't worry about it myself... i've always used good form but couldnt really feel it working in my back. I concentrated almost solely on increasing the amt of weight i was using... and as i progressed i got a lot more thickness in my back.

 

[spatts]

I feel them underhanded but not overhanded.

This was good advice:

Concentrate on bringing your shoulder blades together at the top and do a slow 6 second negative.

...as was the tip to prefatigue.

 

[SAGAT]

i feel them overhanded as well as underhanded, but can handle more weight when doing them underhanded. as others have said, bring your shoulder blades together at the top. you might also be pulling the bar too high, try pulling a little more to your waist next time and see what happens. does the trick for me!

 

[SAGAT]

I have a high suspicion that barbell rows are probably the single exercise that is most often done in incorrect form.

tied with one armed DB rows IMO, man i've seen those being done in the most horrible way known to man, i tell ya.

 

[Serea]

You know what usually hits my lats more than rows, are t-bar rows. I'm trying to hit my lower/medium traps and hit lats also. I thought rows were for upper back, not lats.

 

[Debaser]

Rows are actually a better choice than pullups/chins for back development, but there's no reason you can't include both (just lower the volume for each).

 

[SofaGeorge]

the way i do them is to kinda squeeze the wieght up, i try not to pull with my arms at all, i pull with my lats and shoulder blades. you should start by pulling your shoulder blades together, the flex your lats and rear delts to bring the bar up. i feel it everytime. also bend over more and try to bring the bar to your belly not your upper chest. thats the way i do them

Great descriptin - karma for you!

 

[SofaGeorge]

tied with one armed DB rows IMO, man i've seen those being done in the most horrible way known to man, i tell ya.

I don't even put one armed dumbell rows on the list because NO ONE does them right.

All you have to do to cheat is turn a 1/4 of an inch.

 

[Fast Twitch Fiber]

I can feel it great with one arm bumbell rows. I developed a technique where I even cheat a bit. I swing my back a bit when my biceps are about to give out. This lets me keep working my lats past the point where my bis have failed. I'll just keep working on the barbell rows. I've only done them a few times. I guess it may take a few months to develop my own method