Sam, thanks for that idea. The issue I have is that I have 10kg plates, and the DB I have can only hold 3 each side. Do they do bars which are longer than a db but shorter than a BB? I haven’t seen one.[/quote]
It depends whether you have standard or Olympic plates. Olympic dumbbells from Walmart might hold more plates but if you have standard plates it won’t work. No one makes long DB’s. You know normal size grip, but extra long bar for holding more plates. I mean, you can get it custom made but its like $200 and that’s madness. You can get a 5 ft barbell but I think that would be awkward for 1 arm rows. They make 5 ft barbells in standard and Olympic sizes.
I think I shouldn’t have mentioned ‘home gym’ at all in the first place!
Modi said: “Why not just load up one end of the barbell, and plant the other end against the wall or under a heavy DB, and row that. It wouldn’t be the exact same thing, but a nice alternative to a DB Row. It would take balancing the Oly bar out of the equation and allow you to use more weight.”
I have homemade dumbbells at 45g , 70kg and 90kg.
Buy some 1 inch steel or slighly more from a local steel stockholder or workshop itself
get a welder to welder the dumbbells for you.
I have done some myself. I find the 90kg very hard to row. I can do
more than 30 reps with the 70kg.
[quote]decimation wrote:
I have homemade dumbbells at 45g , 70kg and 90kg.
Buy some 1 inch steel or slighly more from a local steel stockholder or workshop itself
get a welder to welder the dumbbells for you.
I have done some myself. I find the 90kg very hard to row. I can do
more than 30 reps with the 70kg. [/quote]
That sounds really awesome! What’s the approximate cost for these?
[quote]howie424 wrote:
One handed T-bar rows? Not as comfortable as using a dumbbell but it’s easier than trying to row the whole fuckin barbell.[/quote]
Do these but to the side of ur body. I do them in my gym sometime, they can be really effective and great for getting a good stretch and full ROM that u dont get in tbar rows. u really feel it in the outer lats.
argos are prob the cheapest for plates.
It won’t generally cost much, but you will have to
at least 2-2.5m lengths.
Obviously it won’t be knurled . But it doesn’t matterco
that much if you straps or even if you don’t it is just
a little more uncomfortable
If you take a plate to a metal shop, they might well have
some off cut stock they can sell you.
You can get a lot of chin ups and pull ups , if just want t work out.
I wouldn’t discount tyre sled rows for home use.
But I think bodybuilders need a lot of isolation work , so they like all their tools.
I guess bands could get close to the effect of a lat pull down. But it would be a pain the ass to set up.
Most people don’t to ruin their homes with heavy weights.
So, at gyms what are your most-used items of equipment? You use hammer chest for chest press? Anything ‘vital’? Because I HAVE looked at gyms around here, and most are truly piss poor. No squat rack, all cardio and no weights, that sort of thing, you know?
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Hey Dan, where abouts are you?
Buy a DB bar and some weights. Or really just get two 15kg plates (if you only have 10’s) that’ll get you to 72.
Oly DB bar?
Do you work? If so is there an engineering section (those guys can often supply neat stuff).
Chains or perhaps more applicable, bands.
Try holding the contracted portion for 2 sec and slowly lower your current weights (keep a fast concentric though).
Your standard DB bars are only 14", but there are easily sourced 18" ones in the UK (I have some and use them all the time). You can add a total of 8x 10kg plates on a bar (approx. 85kg total). I think from Amazon they’re about £6 each.
This could be a stretch, but you could add the 25kg plates (e.g. from York) to the bar…not sure about ROM for that though.
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
Your standard DB bars are only 14", but there are easily sourced 18" ones in the UK (I have some and use them all the time). You can add a total of 8x 10kg plates on a bar (approx. 85kg total). I think from Amazon they’re about Ã?£6 each.
This could be a stretch, but you could add the 25kg plates (e.g. from York) to the bar…not sure about ROM for that though.[/quote]
I’ve just bought one, and tbh by the time i’m DB rowing 85kg for 20 with strict form, i’ll be a happy bunny.
About the bigger plates, that’s an idea too, but like you said I guess it would bang into your hip and you couldn’t get a decent contraction… just speculating
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
Your standard DB bars are only 14", but there are easily sourced 18" ones in the UK (I have some and use them all the time). You can add a total of 8x 10kg plates on a bar (approx. 85kg total). I think from Amazon they’re about Ã??Ã?£6 each.
This could be a stretch, but you could add the 25kg plates (e.g. from York) to the bar…not sure about ROM for that though.[/quote]
I’ve just bought one, and tbh by the time i’m DB rowing 85kg for 20 with strict form, i’ll be a happy bunny.
About the bigger plates, that’s an idea too, but like you said I guess it would bang into your hip and you couldn’t get a decent contraction… just speculating[/quote]
You’re welcome I noticed there are the spring collar versions too (I have the spin-lock ones with the threads).
I tried the 25kg weights on the bar and managed to get my upper arm just shy of parallel to the floor before they hit my body, so I guess they’d be ok for partials (what many do anyway lol).
You can also to single arm barbell rows. But doing this, you are probably going to need to use straps to really work your back, it’s a hell of a grip workout without them.
Don’t row straight up and down, let your arm travel naturally to avoid bicep recruitment.
Great outer lat and Rhomboid recruitment, plus decent for grip strength.
Even with only 2 45lb/20KG plates an intermediate lifter can still get a decent back workout in.
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
Try laying down on a low incline bench in a prone position while holding a DB in each hand and row without lifting your chest from the bench. [/quote]
I’d definately give these a try. I get an amazing stretch and contraction out of them
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
Try laying down on a low incline bench in a prone position while holding a DB in each hand and row without lifting your chest from the bench. [/quote]
I’d definately give these a try. I get an amazing stretch and contraction out of them[/quote]
I do these also, Dan John calls them ‘chicken wings’. I do them on shoulder day, as when I row, I do it with arms out to the sides (rear-delt style) so the DBs don’t bang the bench. To target rear delts this way, I prefer not to fully contract, neither to let them hang at the bottom, but work in the midrange only (continuous tension style)
I noticed there are the spring collar versions too (I have the spin-lock ones with the threads).