[quote]countingbeans wrote:
B.L.U. Ninja wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
B.L.U. Ninja wrote:
LOL? Yes and no. I’m 16 5’6 165.
And why is that even a matter?
If it has to be explained to you, you’ll never understand.
Hmm, I get that. But could you point out what was wrong with what I suggested?
Nice edit[/quote]
Yeap. Good thing I thought about it before I went on a useless rant.
Is everyone done fighting over this? Check your egos at the keyboard.
My two cents: walk before you run, keep your upper body at a 90 degree angle from your lower body and start with a low weight (remember, it’s about the form) pull while sticking your chest out and imagine you are trying to hold a pencil with your upper back. Once you’ve master that then lean forward and pull back to a 90 degree angle and repeat the rest.
[quote]bwhitwell wrote:
<<< shoulders pulled back and down. >>>[/quote]
This is probably where he’s missing it. I bet he’s shrugging some to get his shoulders back further without realizing it which lessons the tension on the lats. The handle should land well below the chest and the forearms should be parallel to the cable.
You should be able to lay a straight edge along the cable at the peak of the contraction and have it line up level with the middle of the forearm. If nnot you’re doing partial curls or tricep extensions.
Yah I have advice on it as I experienced the same problem for a long time. Pretty much the only way to get over it is to practice as much as possible. You don’t need weights or any equipment to flex the muscles in your back.
Practice flexing the muscles when you are just sitting there. As well when you are doing rows don’t use a full range of motion. The actual flexing for your back happens in a small motion and the further you let your arms go from your body the more the arms come into play; keep the back under tension.
retract your scapula, and squeeze that shit
[quote]DanErickson wrote:
Yah I have advice on it as I experienced the same problem for a long time. Pretty much the only way to get over it is to practice as much as possible. You don’t need weights or any equipment to flex the muscles in your back.
Practice flexing the muscles when you are just sitting there. As well when you are doing rows don’t use a full range of motion. The actual flexing for your back happens in a small motion and the further you let your arms go from your body the more the arms come into play; keep the back under tension.[/quote]
This piece of advice (along with the video posted earlier) actually helped me a lot. I’ve been doing “air rows” (if you can call it that), and I really do feel my lats tensing up. Thanks a lot!
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
countingbeans wrote:
B.L.U. Ninja wrote:
Squeeze the shit out of your lats and hold for 2 secs.
No offense dude, but aren’t you like 16 and 130lbs?
This is the Internet where a 16 year olds opinion is just as legitimate as someone who has trained for 15 or 20 years…In fact I’m surprised I haven’t seen BLU over on the political threads…There are dozens of teenage world affairs experts over there.
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lol…
Thank you.
Stack it.
[quote]jo3 wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
Yah I have advice on it as I experienced the same problem for a long time. Pretty much the only way to get over it is to practice as much as possible. You don’t need weights or any equipment to flex the muscles in your back.
Practice flexing the muscles when you are just sitting there. As well when you are doing rows don’t use a full range of motion. The actual flexing for your back happens in a small motion and the further you let your arms go from your body the more the arms come into play; keep the back under tension.
This piece of advice (along with the video posted earlier) actually helped me a lot. I’ve been doing “air rows” (if you can call it that), and I really do feel my lats tensing up. Thanks a lot![/quote]
Yah man no problem; glad it helped you so much.