naughtoj
Cathlete
Hi guys..
I am curious if any of you know the answer to a question I have been pondering..
I am trying to do more "pulling" exercises than "pushing" exercises lately in an effort to correct an imbalance in my body. These exercises would include a concentration on the rear delt, rhomboids, lats...you get the picture.
Anyway Cathe does dead rows bending over at a 45 degree angle sending the weights out in front and rowing to the navel. Well, I find when my weight is relatively heavy my arms and back stabilizer muscles end up doing much of the work to just hold the weight out in front of me. Plus, often I don't feel the bulk of the work in my upper back because rowing to the navel doesn't quite get the best "pinch" back there.
While I like these rows, any of you who have actually done T-bar rows on a machine at a gym know the difference. Since your chest goes up against a pad and you are essentially leaning over on an angle with support it almost seems like you need to use your upper back muscles even more to get the weight up there.
I notice that when I do Cathe dead rows I feel alot of work in the stabilizer muscles of my back but not too much in the area of the rhomboids and lats. However, if I bend over at 90 degrees and try to maintain a completely flat back and row from an arm strait down position to just below my chest I seem to feel it much more in the upper back.
Do any of you know if this is technically "safe" to do? It is just like a backwards push-up. I am leaning over and pulling the weight to my chest. It just seems when I can get bent over to a 90 degree angle the exercise is much more specific to the upper back. It seems like it would incorporate more shoulder than the "Cathe" type rows but I can get back so much farther with my arms that I get a really good "pinch".
PLEASE tell me someone knows what I am talking about and that I am not just rambling here!! Anyone experiment with different positions during back exercises to see the difference??
Will appreciate any feedback, especially to the safety of my new exercise..
Janice
I am curious if any of you know the answer to a question I have been pondering..
I am trying to do more "pulling" exercises than "pushing" exercises lately in an effort to correct an imbalance in my body. These exercises would include a concentration on the rear delt, rhomboids, lats...you get the picture.
Anyway Cathe does dead rows bending over at a 45 degree angle sending the weights out in front and rowing to the navel. Well, I find when my weight is relatively heavy my arms and back stabilizer muscles end up doing much of the work to just hold the weight out in front of me. Plus, often I don't feel the bulk of the work in my upper back because rowing to the navel doesn't quite get the best "pinch" back there.
While I like these rows, any of you who have actually done T-bar rows on a machine at a gym know the difference. Since your chest goes up against a pad and you are essentially leaning over on an angle with support it almost seems like you need to use your upper back muscles even more to get the weight up there.
I notice that when I do Cathe dead rows I feel alot of work in the stabilizer muscles of my back but not too much in the area of the rhomboids and lats. However, if I bend over at 90 degrees and try to maintain a completely flat back and row from an arm strait down position to just below my chest I seem to feel it much more in the upper back.
Do any of you know if this is technically "safe" to do? It is just like a backwards push-up. I am leaning over and pulling the weight to my chest. It just seems when I can get bent over to a 90 degree angle the exercise is much more specific to the upper back. It seems like it would incorporate more shoulder than the "Cathe" type rows but I can get back so much farther with my arms that I get a really good "pinch".
PLEASE tell me someone knows what I am talking about and that I am not just rambling here!! Anyone experiment with different positions during back exercises to see the difference??
Will appreciate any feedback, especially to the safety of my new exercise..
Janice