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19/02/2023 2:17 pm
A tangent from Adam's thread.... Just wondering what kind of grips y'all use for bent over rows. Overhand or underhand? elbow width or shoulder width? I actually vary the my grips quite a bit. Used to do a lot of underhand/shoulder width. Now I do mostly elbow width overhand grip as I feel it works more of the upper back muscles, rhomboid, traps and less lat. What do you think?
19/02/2023 2:44 pm
Go with what feels right for you. If you can feel the target muscle/s doing the majority of the work, your on the right track.
19/02/2023 3:08 pm
I like to strap in overhand and about shoulder width apart.
19/02/2023 3:39 pm
im with unreal_1 i go mostly shoulders or a touch wider and overhand 90% but have started adding a couple of undergrip sets in the end. but i always go heavy on this exercise and its done me well!
19/02/2023 4:03 pm
i just tried doing this excercise palms up... different feeling, but still good
19/02/2023 4:29 pm
I like to change grip every 2-3 weeks just for variation , just as i change when i do them in my back routine but the one thing i never change is whether i do them....Never miss em...great exercise...I like to grip slightly wider than shoulder width
19/02/2023 4:54 pm
I have to make a confession here..... I actually seldom do bent over rows!!!! The reason being is that i dont feel them as much as seated pulley rows where i can go heavy as and still feel it working my back. Whereas with bent over rows i tend to lose that feeling.
19/02/2023 5:18 pm
i do over grip / elbows in .. i do under hand grip on seated cable rows
19/02/2023 5:39 pm
I use an underhand grip.....a little closer than shoulder width and also use an ez-curl bar...........as this doesn't bother my wrists as much as an olympic bar.
19/02/2023 5:57 pm
when you do bent over rows, should you just be staying still and pulling the loaded bar up into ur midsection while bent over or should you lean into it a bit when going heavy? ive seen some people do this Mike
19/02/2023 6:28 pm
bump......up you go! Mike
19/02/2023 6:53 pm
I tend to rock a bit when going over 100k. Don't care too much, 'cos I can still feel it hitting the muscle. When I lose that feeling, I drop the weight a little, and tighten up the back swing.
19/02/2023 7:19 pm
I like to switch my grip around in every workout, overhand/underhand, wide/medium/close...and everything in between