Barbell rows with long legs :)

yirara

A question about barbell rows: the stronglifts website mentions to keep the upper torso parallel to the ground. What do I do with the legs then? Do I start in a squatting position and then extend the legs or do I stay there? Let me explain what I mean: the biggest disks at my gym are rather small 10kg ones (I'm not that strong yet anyway). I need to bend down a lot in order to reach for the barbell, hence I either don't keep my torso parallel to the ground or I squat down deep in order to do so. The video on the stronglifts website shows a man with rather short legs and weights with a big diameter. I guess he doesn't have that problem

lishie_rebooted

You can stack plates or drop the safety rails as low as possible to mimic 45lb plate height.

yirara

Hmm.. no safety rails (none that work at the moment anyway) and if they do they don't go low enough. Need to try stacking plates, though I only have 4 10kg plates, and two are on the barbell. Did I mention my gym is rubbish?

lishie_rebooted

How does your gym function with only 4 plates total?
That's a poor business plan

krokador

Probably an apartment complex type of gym I suspect?

Do bent over barbell rows. or fin boxes or aerobic steps to get the bar up a bit. But the difference isn't so big that you absoluetly need to touch the ground between reps.

yirara

Well, there's a bigger pile of 5kg plates...I live in a gated community and the gym is part of that. Thus no trainer, usually nobody else there, rubbish equipment. But the next gym I could use is about an hour driving away - if the traffic isn't too bad. And at the moment I have better things to do than to spend my free time in the car.

yirara

Probably an apartment complex type of gym I suspect?

Do bent over barbell rows. or fin boxes or aerobic steps to get the bar up a bit. But the difference isn't so big that you absoluetly need to touch the ground between reps.

Bingo
There are two steps, both different brands, but about the same height I think. I'll try that next time Thanks a lot. I didn't think of those. First thing I usually do with them is to throw them in a corner where they aren't in the way.

lishie_rebooted

Well, there's a bigger pile of 5kg plates...I live in a gated community and the gym is part of that. Thus no trainer, usually nobody else there, rubbish equipment. But the next gym I could use is about an hour driving away - if the traffic isn't too bad. And at the moment I have better things to do than to spend my free time in the car.

You can stack the 5kg plates...
The weight of the plates doesn't matter when you're stacking them.

yirara

I'll have a try next time to see if this is stable enough Thanks guys, good ideas.