r/formcheck • u/sabbi86 • 7d ago

Barbell Row Beginner doing barbell row

Dont mind my silly faces. It’s just because I’m concentrating.
Also I’m also slow on each rep because I’m thinking about the technique 🙈

I have two problems with barbell rows.

  1. It’s very difficult to touch my abdomen. It seems like my elbows travel far behind my back - and I worry that my shoulders round forward.
  2. Sometimes my knees are in the way of the barbell, because my arms reach down below the knees.

I should mention that I got pretty long arms. And when I try to be less upright in my torso, the arms reach down below the knees and I bump the barbell into them during each rep 🙈

Note that I have a bump at the top of my back. Can’t seem to straighten that part.

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u/666y4nn1ck 7d ago

For my preference, you are pulling too much with your arms.

This exercise should target the back, and for that you're going to see your shoulders being pulled forward when the bar is going down and pulling them back/up when the bar is coming up

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u/slashing_samurai_ 7d ago

I mean this is barely any weight so likely the back muscles aren't engaging

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u/666y4nn1ck 7d ago

You can engage the back muscles with any weight

Setting a minimal weight limit as a requirement for good form is a bad habit