How to do Barbell Rows PROPERLY for a Big Back (AVOID MISTAKES!)

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In this video I'll show you the truth about how to do barbell rows, one of the most commonly performed barbell exercises for big back muscle growth...and one of the upper body exercises that gets performed with bad form the most. I’m going to reveal the different variations of the barbell row and give you a way to determine which version of this popular compound exercise is best for you and your body specifically and avoid common errors. Many fitness experts will tell you that there is only one way to do an exercise. Realizing that every body type is different from one another and every person has different sorts of muscle tightness and imbalances can make one version of an exercise ideal and one problematic. The bent-over barbell row can be done with an underhand grip, mixed grip, overhand grips (pronated grips), wider grip, neutral grip, narrower grip, etc. The right version of the bent-over barbell row is going to depend on your ability to perform it with proper execution for your desired fitness goals to safely to avoid risk of injury. If you look at the most popular advice on how to do a bent-over barbell row you will see a variation where your back is held parallel to the ground in a bent-over position at a 90-degree angle throughout this essential movement. The starting position of the bar is resting on the ground and then explosively lifted up to your navel and lowered to the ground. This is called either a standard barbell row or Pendlay rows (named for Glenn Pen

Published 2017-11-08 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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