Originally Posted by Paul Eggleton
With bent over rows start light and get the technique spot on.
You can either do it with an overhand grip(a la riding a bike) or under hand grip. Experiment to see which suits.
I keep my legs bent and my torso about 45 degrees to the floor, bum out, head up (
). Keep your back straight and pull the bar to your groin area rather than straight up to your chest.
Doing it this way works your lats(the wings under your arms), if you pull straight up nearer your chest it will work your back higher up (traps a bit more).
I pull to the groin to work my lats, but as you have limited exercises you can do I would suggest doing a mixture and alternate each workout.
Also do 2 sets of light deadlifts (15 reps) to get the lower back warm first, or do your deadlift workout before hand. It will make you go lighter and use stricter form because your lower back is tired.
Hope this helps.
Paul
O.k thanks for that i'll give it a try next time as it really was a problem last night
Originally Posted by RSPTG
Also you must concentrate on your form more so than the weight you lift,...Pauls plan he has given looks much better as I don't see any reason why any beginner with a good plan needs to go to failure anyway! Or you will def be overtraining if the nutrition side isn't right.
I'm really going to try and get the form right from the start which is harder than I thought, I also think pauls routine is much better as there is no way I could work out today like that other routine said
A last thing how long do you wait between sets? As i've seen various from 30 seconds to 2minutes.
Thanks,
Chris