No one does rows anymore???

NightmareW · 11-06-2009, 09:06 PM

I was in the gym today doing my heavier sets on the barbell rows. One new member to the gym(he's been working out for 30 yrs) commented to me that i was doing a very old school exercise, cept back in the day people used to stand on the bench and was incredibly parallel. Besides me an my workout partner i see very few people actually do barbell rows.

What gives? I thought doing rows was suppose to be a great basic exercise. Does anyone else do barbell rows or is there some sort of problem associated with doing them???

the_beast76 · 11-06-2009, 09:08 PM

I'm not sure wtf people at your gym are talking about...

I have rows in my program and I see people at my gym doing them regularly too.

kman025 · 11-06-2009, 09:10 PM

All the big thick motha ****as do them, and hey so do i.

zepplin92 · 11-06-2009, 09:10 PM

rows ftw ... thats how i got my back a lot wider, still do em

Galindo62 · 11-06-2009, 09:11 PM

I see rows and do them all the time as well.

Except barbell bent over rows. I just personally dislike that exercise very much.

Adrenolin · 11-06-2009, 09:12 PM

i do both teh bb rows and pendley rows.

the_beast76 · 11-06-2009, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Galindo62

I see rows and do them all the time as well.

Except barbell bent over rows. I just personally dislike that exercise very much.

Really? I like doing those the best.

WesNileVirus · 11-06-2009, 09:15 PM

What!?!? Rows are da bomb diggity!

perfektion · 11-06-2009, 09:19 PM

people at the gym I go to always steal the racks to do rows!

PePPaRoz · 11-06-2009, 09:24 PM

I think people either don't do them because they don't know the correct form, or simply because they don't want to touch these major compound exercises.

I've seen another 3 or so people do barbell rows at my gym. Same goes for squats and deadlifts -I've seen maybe 2 people do these properly.

NightmareW · 11-06-2009, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by PePPaRoz

I think people either don't do them because they don't know the correct form, or simply because they don't want to touch these major compound exercises.

I've seen another 3 or so people do barbell rows at my gym. Same goes for squats and deadlifts -I've seen maybe 2 people do these properly.

lol kinda the same at my gym, I do see people squating regulary but i see very few people actual doing deadlifts! No joke, me and my workout partner are 2 of the 4-5 guys that deadlift(with heavy weight). I've only seen people do 135lb deadlifts and then stop at that. I weight about 80lbs less and can deadlift 3x more then the big guys at my gym

WesNileVirus · 11-06-2009, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by NightmareW

lol kinda the same at my gym, I do see people squating regulary but i see very few people actual doing deadlifts! No joke, me and my workout partner are 2 of the 4-5 guys that deadlift(with heavy weight). I've only seen people do 135lb deadlifts and then stop at that. I weight about 80lbs less and can deadlift 3x more then the big guys at my gym

I strongly second the 135lb deadlift! Most people hate deadlifts lol

MadeUnderground · 11-06-2009, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Galindo62

I see rows and do them all the time as well.

Except barbell bent over rows. I just personally dislike that exercise very much.

Me too x 100.

I really hate those. I just do t-bar and dumbbell rows.

Most people at those commercial gyms don't do any of the compound lifts.

I've only seen two people deadlift at my gym. I think I've seen two people squat in the squat rack (not with the smith machine). With the smith maybe 3 or 4.
Rows? Forget it.

I've seen more people do power cleans and snatches than all the other compound lifts combined. (44 pounds being the heaviest)

amc11890 · 11-06-2009, 09:58 PM

rows for bros

Gavin07 · 11-06-2009, 09:59 PM

They're around. I rotate Hammer Strength Iso Rows, D.B. Rows, and B.B. Rows. My favorite is D.B. rows but I can rep out the 100lb. D.B. 15 times. I wish my gym went to 125 lb. : (.

LIVE_FAST_ · 11-06-2009, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by amc11890

rows for bros

this.

Street_Ryda · 11-06-2009, 10:33 PM

Lol, I looked at the link and said "hmm, my work out partner said that some guy said that to him today"..turns out it was you :P

Yeah, we're the only ones I see in our gym, probably a lot of guys on here that do them though.

Adrenolin · 11-06-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by NightmareW

lol kinda the same at my gym, I do see people squating regulary but i see very few people actual doing deadlifts! No joke, me and my workout partner are 2 of the 4-5 guys that deadlift(with heavy weight). I've only seen people do 135lb deadlifts and then stop at that. I weight about 80lbs less and can deadlift 3x more then the big guys at my gym

What!?

Theres several people in my gym that can pull in the 600's and a few I've seen over 700.

crypt0d · 11-06-2009, 11:59 PM

Pull ups own rows.

I do inverted rows though.

CUZZY · 11-07-2009, 01:13 AM

Barbell Rows...the day I met these, I knew what my back had been missing.

N4th4n · 11-07-2009, 04:51 AM

I do rows can i haz my awurd nao

empyrean. · 11-07-2009, 05:39 AM

People do bent over rows as the time in my gym. I do them every other workout

Uneducated17 · 11-07-2009, 05:46 AM

I see a few do these.
What i NEVER see, is anyone doing deadlifts.
Ive only ever seen one guy do deadlifts and that was with a really light weight (he was probably just warming up) but he never increased the weight. I go to the gym 4 times a week, and not always at the same time so i see different kinds of people go, but never ever seen anyone deadlift. I bet people wonder wtf im doing when i do them.

Little_Moth · 11-07-2009, 05:51 AM

I do Barbell Rows, Pull-Ups and Deadlifts every back workout, do I win?

Starboardrwr223 · 11-07-2009, 08:52 AM

I love rows. I like bent over rows but once you get heavier it hurts your back. Might use a bench to lay on to get more parallel though. Upright rows are win too.

hybridmerc · 11-07-2009, 09:05 AM

i rt liike rows 2 daw theyt are the ****!

LucasJonno91 · 11-07-2009, 09:10 AM

I hate my gym its f*****g gayy!! You get men staying on the rack and bench for ages just using a small weight to row and deadlift. They need to man up abit!

WesNileVirus · 11-07-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by LucasJonno91

I hate my gym its f*****g gayy!! You get men staying on the rack and bench for ages just using a small weight to row and deadlift. They need to man up abit!

I hate my gym too. Dumbbells only go to 75's and I have no type of motivation either.

LucasJonno91 · 11-07-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by WesNileVirus

I hate my gym too. Dumbbells only go to 75's and I have no type of motivation either.

Same. . .

There is only 1 bench press, and 3 dumbbell benches so basically everyone is stood waitin for them. And the music is all pop and stuff , and bright colours everywhere :| it is more of a health spar, and it is ALWAYS packed full of people in there. i just put my headphones in and put my music on the oudest it goes and lift!!

i only go because its pretty cheap for students.

IdoSquats · 11-07-2009, 10:50 AM

There's always at least 10 people doing rows at my gym. I do them too.