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Arnold · 06-15-2008, 06:20 AM

Hello i was wondering,

when you do rows, surely you dont train the stabilizer muscles around the spine??? just the arm muscles that you lift with???

Ross86 · 06-15-2008, 06:54 AM

Rows are primarily a back exercise.

_Wolf_ · 06-15-2008, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Arnold

when you do rows, surely you dont train the stabilizer muscles around the spine??? just the arm muscles that you lift with???

how exactly would someone isolate the stabilizer muscles around the spine and train only them?? please share your thoughts.

ChinPieceDave667 · 06-15-2008, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by _Wolf_

how exactly would someone isolate the stabilizer muscles around the spine and train only them?? please share your thoughts.

I dont' think it was a statement about isolating the stabilizers, he just seems to be confused about the exercise and asking a question.

ChinPieceDave667 · 06-15-2008, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Arnold

Hello i was wondering,

when you do rows, surely you dont train the stabilizer muscles around the spine??? just the arm muscles that you lift with???

like ross said, you use ALL the muscles in the back, and the arms when performing rows.

_Wolf_ · 06-15-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ChinPieceDave667

I dont' think it was a statement about isolating the stabilizers, he just seems to be confused about the exercise and asking a question.

yeah i know. it was a basic question which ross explained perfectly.

i was being sarcastic because of this post of his:

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Originally Posted by Arnold

i agree with everyone. but here is my 2 cents.

1. fuck everybody else, you are lifting for you!!! not them!!!!!

2. now here's what i did: work harder than everyone else and when you finally reach that day when youre stronger than everyone else, just push them down on the ground and say: "whos the strongest now motherfuckers? dont fuck with me beotches or youll feel the taste of steel, betches"

thats what i did - do that and everybody at the gym will like you!

this led to my sarcasm....

and yes, dave and ross are both on the dot.

the row is a compound exercise. it hits a lot of muscles together.

john917v · 06-15-2008, 08:22 AM

I agree w/ CPDave. When I do rows, especially JS rows, I feel it in my arms, and in basically all of my back. Was that the answer you were looking for, Arnold? We'll guide you however we can.
-John

ChinPieceDave667 · 06-15-2008, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by _Wolf_

yeah i know. it was a basic question which ross explained perfectly.

i was being sarcastic because of this post of his:

this led to my sarcasm....

and yes, dave and ross are both on the dot.

the row is a compound exercise. it hits a lot of muscles together.

oh... well that would explain it then.

UmmmPain · 06-15-2008, 10:15 AM

All of your back and your shoulder and biceps... I rarely do curls

widdoes2504 · 06-16-2008, 09:16 AM

Dave and Ross are spot on and I can see Wolf where the sarcasm comes from (can't blame you).

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john917v Rank: Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 469	I agree w/ CPDave. When I do rows, especially JS rows, I feel it in my arms, and in basically all of my back. Was that the answer you were looking for, Arnold? We'll guide you however we can. -John
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widdoes2504 Rank: Lightweight Experience: 10+ Years Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 1,216 Country: Gender:	Dave and Ross are spot on and I can see Wolf where the sarcasm comes from (can't blame you).
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