I HATE bent over dumbbell Rows... Are they REALLY necessary?

[curling]

I mean I hate doing those more than squats. They are just pure ditch digging manual labor hard ass work. I enjoy doing most exercises but man do I dread that one. I guess because you lift relatively heavy weight and strain massively and use LOTS of energy to do so.

So I was wondering are they an absolute must to have a good looking back?

 

[TheGame2001]

yep

yep, necessary or at least super beneficial. none of this is easy bro. thats the cool part of it actually.

 

[curling]

Yea, your right. If it was easy everybody would do it and we wouldn't get as many chicks. But I still hate that lift.

 

[gymtime]

There is no one excercise that's an absolute must. It's a simple cost-benefit thing. Is the pain and misery worth the gains you get from the excercise? If so, you chalk it up to the list of lifts you hate and do them anyway. If not, do something else. There are plenty of other back excercises.

 

[sysopt]

I find them to be quite awkward

 

[DaCypher]

Wouldn't seated rows be somewhat interchangeable with bent over rows? Or even bent over barbell rows? Is there anything that bent over dumbell rows offer that those other exercises don't?

 

[gymtime]

Wouldn't seated rows be somewhat interchangeable with bent over rows? Or even bent over barbell rows? Is there anything that bent over dumbell rows offer that those other exercises don't?

Personally, I find that, as with most row or press excercises, I get a better range of motion with the dbs. Does it make a huge difference? Probably not.

But I agree with you on the seated rows. I think they'd be a good alternative. I did them yesterday in fact, one arm at a time. It's almost the same excercise.

 

[SSAlexSS]

I mean I hate doing those more than squats. They are just pure ditch digging manual labor hard ass work. I enjoy doing most exercises but man do I dread that one. I guess because you lift relatively heavy weight and strain massively and use LOTS of energy to do so.

So I was wondering are they an absolute must to have a good looking back?

For some reason, I ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH BENT OVER DB ROWS!!!!

It seems to be great! Not only you work for mass, but width as well, or so it seems.

EVer seen your lats under heavy dumbell weight? I can just see how my wings are getting longer and longer, plus thickenss... IT IS THE RANGE OF MOTION!

yeh baby!! Cant wait till monday to them again!!!!

 

[the People's Champ]

Re: Re: I HATE bent over dumbbell Rows... Are they REALLY necessary?

For some reason, I ABSOLUTELY IN LOVE WITH BENT OVER DB ROWS!!!!

It seems to be great! Not only you work for mass, but width as well, or so it seems.

EVer seen your lats under heavy dumbell weight? I can just see how my wings are getting longer and longer, plus thickenss... IT IS THE RANGE OF MOTION!

yeh baby!! Cant wait till monday to them again!!!!

bump. I love db rows

 

[FletchNJ]

I find them to be quite awkward

I agree, I just can't seem to get my feet/legs comfortable !