I’m just starting Stronglifts and since I’m 6’7" and have long legs I can’t get the right form and even when I try without even a bar just to see my form I still have arched back. Maybe scoliosis has something to do with it.

Can you do any sort of row without this issue?

I tried also the bent over row but sometimes I have lower back pain after it.

[image] Xaptor: I tried also the bent over row but sometimes I have lower back pain after it. How about dumbbell rows? You could also try chest supported rows, machine rows, cable rows, etc. I don’t do any barbell rows because I think they’re terrible. I’ve never needed to do them to reach…

I will have to experimet, but I wanted to do Pendlay since Mehdi says the Pendlay is a must in Stronglifts.

[image] Xaptor: I will have to experimet, but I wanted to do Pendlay since Mehdi says the Pendlay is a must in Stronglifts. Right, but Mehdi is some guy who trained for 20 years and accomplished nothing (by his own admission) and to this day is still not big or strong, so you don’t really nee…

He is good at promoting Stronglifts :grin: The reason I choose Stronglifts because because it seemed like a simple workout and I liked the emphasise on compund.

Right, not because you thought the author was some sort of infallible God of strength. So don’t worry about his opinion on the matter; just get in some sort of row.

I will thanks for the tips, I will see which row best works, I’m just starting to doubt if Stronglifts it’s the right for me program.

[image] Xaptor: I will thanks for the tips, I will see which row best works, I’m just starting to doubt if Stronglifts it’s the right for me program. What’s your athletic background coming into the program? Is this your first time lifting any sort of weights?

No I have been going to the gym before maybe two years and trained karate 9 years but stopped, before in the gym I have been doing mainly programs with machines instead compund. I have made some progress but I can’t do pull ups and dips which shows how weak I am. So that is why I wanted Stronglifts…

How to Get the Right Form on Pendlay Row?

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