I need a new exercise for my back. I just don't feel barbell rows the way I should (more in my biceps than anything)
>>77187637BB Rows are shit and only boomers and their lackey sheeple Millennials swear by them. Switch to Meadow Rows, Dumbbell Rows. Or better yet Cable Rows. Cables are superior in Back building due to constant tension and the fact that Back requires a lot of volume.
>>77188209I don’t know what retard started the “cables have constant tension myth” but it isn’t true. Wherever you have the pulley set becomes the point of origin for resistance, when you use freeweights that is simply down or the floor (because of gravity). Because of physics cables can change a shortened biased lift like a lateral raise into a more lengthened movement because the axis on which the lever arm (your arm) operates on has changed position. A cable curl with the cable set at the floor is still mid to shortened biased, just like a barbell curl. Once you understand that the pulley is simply the origin of “gravity” resistance profiles make more sense.>>77187637Barbell rows are fine it depends on what your goals are though. With rowing there really is only a couple variables to consider. The more upright your torso the more you bias the mid back and then traps. If you are upright you will be biasing your upper traps and delts. At say 45° you will be biasing your mid traps and rhomboids. With your body parallel to the floor your lats will have more leverage, so you will be biasing your lats and rhomboids more. Then there is elbow flare. More flared elbows (45-90°) are going to be more mid back and traps. Tucked elbows (below 45° and especially pinned at the sides) will be more lat focused. The other to consider is grip. Overhand grips and wider grips generally involve the mid back more. Neutral more narrow grips where your arm path wraps your rib cage tends to be more lat dominant. Underhand grips are good for biasing the lats too but I would say it sounds like you won’t enjoy them because you are arm dominant. Super helpful form tip is to imagine that your hands are simply stuck to the bar and you are protracting and retracting your shoulder blades by pulling with your elbows. I like chest supported rows, cable rows, and helms rows. The single arm dumbbell row is underrated though, you can take any arm path or torso position you want.
>>77188718Okay FaGBT
