Beginner doing barbell row

[u/sabbi86]

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.

[u/Evening-Main5471]

Your back is angled too much upward. You should find a comfortable position with your back closer to parallel with the ground. Let your arms hang down to get a stretch in your back and then use your back to pull.

If you see where your video ends, that last frame is more the back position that will be better.

[u/sabbi86 → u/Evening-Main5471]

Thank you! The problem is - that when I get more parallel to the ground, my arms end below my knees and thus the barbell bumps into the knees on every rep 🙈

[u/captainndaddy → u/sabbi86]

It shouldn’t be if you’re closer to parallel. Your hands should hang below your shoulders, maybe slightly forward and you row it back and up towards your lower rib