What would be the best form for the upright row using a barbell ? This is a personal favorite of mine but I feel some pain in my right shoulder while doing it. I read through an article from Jim Wendler and migrated to Karwosaki rows but that has not helped.
Doing the exercise with dumbell helps but then it predominantly becomes a shoulder exercise. On the barbell I use a narrow grip almost 6 inches apart. I feel it more in the trap if I use only two fingers to grab the bar. Using a cable with a rope also helps in reducing the shoulder pain but I don’t enjoy using the cable.
I could not find a video of you explaining this exercise.
Yes, the classic upright row can be hard on the shoulder joint. I VERY rarely have someone use it personally and since you already have an injury from the exercise I don’t feel comfortable giving you technique recommendations. I can tell you that the FEW times I have used this exercise with bodybuilders we used a grip that was SLIGHTLY inside shoulder width and only rowed until the bar reached the bottom of the sternum, focusing on initiating the movement with the traps.