I enjoy these but the in-house trainer recommended me not to do them. Does anyone include them? Do you do them on back day or with shoulders?
drab4 -> RE: upright rows (Apr. 21 2008 18:35:07)
I used to do them a lot, now I never do them
I used to do them because I liked them, not because I felt they offered anything unique. Eventually I got bored of them and stopped (by eventually I mean after about my first 8 years of training or something like that, so not exactly straight away lol)
1MR -> RE: upright rows (Apr. 21 2008 18:36:54)
Yes I like them.
So long as you use a weight you can manage, it is a perfectly safe exercise (IMO), though many attribute rotator cuff injuries to this exercise.
Yep i absolutly love them, and find them a great exercise
R3261 -> RE: upright rows (Apr. 21 2008 18:43:24)
don't do anything for me
no safety issues if you limit ROM to elbows no higher than delts which puts bar ~ mid-sternum.
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attribute rotator cuff injuries to this exercise.
the odds of impingement even in internal rotation are very small slim. unless something is really wrong with teh shoulder girdle so one still hikes the shoulders and runs into problems
i love em,never ridiculously heavy,and i feel better doing em with an ez bar/ez cable attatchment.
cu3ed -> RE: upright rows (Apr. 21 2008 19:08:18)
Ive never had a probelm with them and are the sole reason my shoulders have packed on mass for me...I would recomend them but with correct technique (dont bring the bar to your forehead lol) and the right weight, IMO you shouldnt ever cheat on these, this is were the risk come from damaging the shoulder.
THo you can say that about every heavy lift your doing really lol....
I recently read a good article on them saying to be sure and keep your hands approx. shoulder width apart when performing. Too close in can put undue strain on wrist'.
1MR -> RE: upright rows (Apr. 21 2008 20:51:06)
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ORIGINAL: R3261
don't do anything for me
no safety issues if you limit ROM to elbows no higher than delts which puts bar ~ mid-sternum.
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attribute rotator cuff injuries to this exercise.
the odds of impingement even in internal rotation are very small slim. unless something is really wrong with teh shoulder girdle so one still hikes the shoulders and runs into problems
This has always been my thought, I always feel people with injuries are quick to blame them as they involve a bit more rotation than other shoulder exercises.
1MR -> RE: upright rows (Apr. 21 2008 21:21:45)
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ORIGINAL: cranny I recently read a good article on them saying to be sure and keep your hands approx. shoulder width apart when performing. Too close in can put undue strain on wrist'.
Makes sense, though I use an EZ bar and that seems to do the trick
dropped them a while back now, i felt a bit of pain whilst doing them and then they tend to get slaughtered here, so added to the pain i was getting from them, i decided to leave them, out, i may retry them again tho with the ez bar