Can we talk Pendlay rows?
Coquette6
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Does everyone let it touch the floor in between reps, which I've heard you're supposed to? My problem with that is that I'm still using fairly small plates (10lbs) so when I set it down, it's too low, and I end up rounding my lower back at the beginning of each pull. Should I prop it up on some plates to raise the bar?
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Yes! Even at 115 lbs, I still need to stack mine up on some plates. You want to get the bar up to the same height it would be if you had the 45 lbers on there. I always touch it to the stacked plates, and take a delicious little thrill from the noise it makes (nobody else in my gym does these that I know of, and I always get lots of looks).0
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what Kira said - I stack it 3 plates high, and take great pleasure in banging them out
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We actually have a squat rack with adjustable bars, so I don't need to stack unless someone is using that particular rack.0
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Does everyone let it touch the floor in between reps, which I've heard you're supposed to? My problem with that is that I'm still using fairly small plates (10lbs) so when I set it down, it's too low, and I end up rounding my lower back at the beginning of each pull. Should I prop it up on some plates to raise the bar?
Couldn't you just squat further down? Or am I doing it wrong - that's what I do! Ha.0 -
I stack plates and pull from those and let it hit after each rep.
@jam: You want your back parallel to the floor when doing rows. Like this:
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Guess I'll stack it up next time. Thanks ladies!0
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I stack plates and pull from those and let it hit after each rep.
@jam: You want your back parallel to the floor when doing rows. Like this:
I understand that, but if you squat further down, it doesn't mean you can't keep your back straight, no?
Your back will be straight, but not parallel. Not sure about you, but when I squat down farther, my butt drops and my back is no longer parallel.0 -
I understand that, but if you squat further down, it doesn't mean you can't keep your back straight, no?
You can absolutely squat further down, or even stand further upright, and as long as you keep your back straight, they're still all barbell rows and will still work your upper body. But unless your upper body is parallel to the floor, you wouldn't be doing Pendlays and you wouldn't be working the specific muscles that the Pendlay rows work. That's the only difference, really. The Pendlay rows are simply a specific type of barbell rows that work a specific set of muscles that differ slightly from other barbell rows.
Unless by "squatting further down" you mean "bend your knees more", and as long as you keep your back straight and parallel, you would still be doing Pendlay rows. How deeply you bend your knees really depends on plate size and also leg length. Pendlay rows are basically inverted, explosive bench press opposites (pull rather than push, minus the support of the bench but at the same angle, i.e. upper body parallel to the floor).
Having said that, I'd highly recommend stacking also. When I row with 10 lb plates, I stack them on 45, 35 and 25 to approximate the bar height to what the 45 lb plates would give me. Then for every size plate you go up, you just take them off the stack.0 -
what height should it be then? I don't have 45lb plates. I have 10kg plates and 5kg ones and 10lb ones and dumbbell ones (yeah interesting mix of imperial and metric lol but I have to make do with what I can get, I weigh the barbell to check I got the maths right). So what height should it be from the floor? Also I'm not very tall so if the bar's too high off the floor I won't have all that far to lift it lol.0
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I've stacked 2 sets of legs from those aerobic step thingos on top of each other and put the bar on top of it... It's my first proper go at them and it brought them up to a good height - I'm 5'20
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what height should it be then?
You want to mimic the height of a 45 plate on the bar, so roughly 8.5 inches (ish) or 22 cm (ish). The idea is that when rowing with the 45 lb (20 kg) plates, you shouldn't need to prop up anything but just rest the bar with the large plates on the floor.
The standard 25 kg Olympic plates are supposed to be 450 mm in diameter, so half of that (approximately).0 -
Yes! Even at 115 lbs, I still need to stack mine up on some plates. You want to get the bar up to the same height it would be if you had the 45 lbers on there. I always touch it to the stacked plates, and take a delicious little thrill from the noise it makes (nobody else in my gym does these that I know of, and I always get lots of looks).
:laugh: I noticed today that the dudes all over the area were staring at me and my stacked weights. I thoroughly enjoyed that.0
