Barbell Row Form Check Request Please

[Dean Romanelli]

Hi Pete,

First attempt at a straight bar Barbell Row. Could you please have a look at my form?

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[Pete Troupos]

Get your hips higher so your knees are out of the way, and touch your belly rather than your chest.

[Dean Romanelli]

Got it, thank you Sir. Looks good otherwise?

[stef]

You aren't starting the bar properly off the floor. It's hard to tell from the video, but it looks a little forward -- bar should start over midfoot.

Reread pages 275-278 in Starting Strength and watch this video: Barbell Row video

[Mark Rippetoe]

The barbell row starts with a knee extension that accelerates the bar upward. Like any pull, it starts over the mid-foot when it's heavy. Yours is not heavy, so just make it faster off the floor so that it can get heavier.

[Dean Romanelli]

Thank you Rip and Stef, I will make those adjustments for tonight's workout.

[Dean Romanelli]

Hi Pete / Rip / Stef,

Here's my next attempt, trying to apply your comments. Rip, I watched your video and tried to emulate your bounce and switched to supine grip. Feels better. Hopefully it is an improvement on what I was previously doing. Also finding that 85lbs feel way lighter to me with supine. I know it's light anyway, but....only a month deep into this so far.

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[Pete Troupos]

Dean
Still need to set your back for these. Lift your chest and get full tension in the arm before initiating the pull.

Keep working on it for a week or so.

[Dean Romanelli]

Thanks Pete.

For some reason I cannot for the life of me figure out how to set my back. I feel like I am lifting my chest up and straightening but it seems I still don't quite have it.