I’m following Alan Thrall’s video on this exercise and it’s irritating as hell. I can’t reach my chest/upper body consistently. And when I do, it’s usually one arm reaching it first the the other - in other words, it seems like my arms are imbalanced in strength and they can’t bring the bar up at the same time.

Also, I’ll occasionally feel a sharp pain in my shoulders when doing this and I have no idea why. In conclusion, I hate this shit.

Any tips or alternatives that train the same groups? I’d do chin ups, but I’m trying to do rows to build up muscles for chin ups :agony-deep:

  • OperationOgre [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    I’ll occasionally feel a sharp pain in my shoulders when doing this

    I've injured both of my shoulders so I can confidently tell you to STOP DOING BARBELL ROWS! If you're experiencing sharp pain during this exercise then you need to stop. You might injure yourself further and you'll spend months recovering.

    What I suggest is doing bodyweight rows instead. They work the same muscles and they're easier to learn. You can get plenty strong doing the different progressions without adding weight.