Fit_mommy
Cathlete
Hi Cathe! Let me just start by saying that I LOVE your work outs!
I think the barbell row is the exercise I am curious about...where you bend at the knees and at the hip and start the exercise with the barbell (palm up or down-she does it both ways) extended out towards the knees and then pull in to work the back...?
Anway-you use a barbell but I do not have one so I use dumbbells. To do this exercise with dumbbells it is awkward to hold the dumbbells horizontal as if it were a barbell (when my palms are down) so I have started to hold them vertical at the sides and do the exercise that way. Am I working the same muscles as you do?
When you do this with palms facing up I hold the dumbbells the way you hold the barbell because I don't know of any alternative except to continue to hold them vertical through the whole thing. Any suggestions for that?
Thanks so much!
I think the barbell row is the exercise I am curious about...where you bend at the knees and at the hip and start the exercise with the barbell (palm up or down-she does it both ways) extended out towards the knees and then pull in to work the back...?
Anway-you use a barbell but I do not have one so I use dumbbells. To do this exercise with dumbbells it is awkward to hold the dumbbells horizontal as if it were a barbell (when my palms are down) so I have started to hold them vertical at the sides and do the exercise that way. Am I working the same muscles as you do?
When you do this with palms facing up I hold the dumbbells the way you hold the barbell because I don't know of any alternative except to continue to hold them vertical through the whole thing. Any suggestions for that?
Thanks so much!