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Old 06-07-2006, 07:25 AM
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Default Bent Row Form

I read about how some folks bent row and it just read un-natural. I believe that a movement has to be somewhat natural for your body. Your body naturaly want to balance itself and find the smoothest most sufficent path as possible. It wasnt desgined to make paths in an unnatural path. What I means is;
I see where people like to row the bar to their upper abdomen. This technique is going to put a tremendous amount of pressure on your lower back and force you to tense your erector spinae so hard just to keep from falling foward. I dont care how honest your intentions are your body is going to have to do something to keeo itself from falling face first on the floor.
I recommend about a position just a little above parralel and pull to your weight belt. Feel the bar knock against your weight belt.
I also recommend you not row while looking at a mirror. You are going to be looking at where the bar is hitting. This will make you bob up and down, which is not your objective. You need to look slightly up and foward. Never look down or you will look like your humping theneighbors dog.
If you notice you are bobing up and down like your bobbing for apples, you are, so you need to lower the weight so you stay fairly steady.
I saw a video of Ronnie Coleman doing rows and he was bobbing up and down and looked like he was also humping the pooch. No offense to Big Ron, who has the biggest and baddest back in the buisness, but #1 he has outragoeus genetics and would grow from scratching his ass and #2 we all know some of the crap he takes to get that way.
So, Play it safe and train in the safe zone while rowing.
Later
Sleeper
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