Have I been misinformed by a trainer?

busyliving

I was doing my lats today, and a mate told me I was doing it wrong...

I was told by the trainer in the gym, that I should keep both my shoulders straight in line(pretty much the opposite to the technique in the video below) when doing the 1 arm dumbbell row...

But I mate told me to do it differently, pretty much like the lad in the video below...I'm a little confused

http://youtu.be/eoNL7M2e-oM

Advice would be great thanks

cc87

That video isnt really designed to show a one arm row, hes changed it into some kind of total body workout type exercise.

busyliving

cc87 wrote: »

That video isnt really designed to show a one arm row, hes changed it into some kind of total body workout type exercise.

The shoulder drop is the main thing that differs, in the video he drops his shoulder, but I was told not to drop the shoulder

Brian?

busyliving wrote: »

cc87 wrote: »

That video isnt really designed to show a one arm row, hes changed it into some kind of total body workout type exercise.

The shoulder drop is the main thing that differs, in the video he drops his shoulder, but I was told not to drop the shoulder

Didn't watch the video. This is the correct form for a one armed row.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/DBBentOverRow.html

I'm open to correction on this but if you don't drop the shoulder you're limiting th ROM and rowing with the bicep more than anything.

busyliving

briankeating wrote: »

Didn't watch the video. This is the correct form for a one armed row.

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/BackGeneral/DBBentOverRow.html

I'm open to correction on this but if you don't drop the shoulder you're limiting th ROM and rowing with the bicep more than anything.

Cheers mate...

The drop of the shoulder was my main question, the trainer told me not to drop the shoulder

The Davestator

Theres two ways of looking at. A strict db row means the shoulder does not move and the lats do all the work. It's also a isometric comtraction of the rhomboids, read delts etc.

If you drop the shoulder, it's ok, but there tends to me more momentum and thus makes the exercise easier. I prefer people to keep it stable personally.

Michael 09

The Davestator wrote: »

Theres two ways of looking at. A strict db row means the shoulder does not move and the lats do all the work. It's also a isometric comtraction of the rhomboids, read delts etc.

If you drop the shoulder, it's ok, but there tends to me more momentum and thus makes the exercise easier. I prefer people to keep it stable personally.

Agreed. I think neither are incorrect but they are different. I think dropping the shoulder allows more momentum thus making it easier. I don't drop my shoulder

busyliving

Cheers for all the feedback...

Can I ask ye another question, in relation to the order of workouts...

Went in the gym and you are doing Chest & Back for example,

Is it best to get all the chest work done together, then move onto back, or is it OK to go... chest/back/chest/back etc etc

Cheers in advance

Michael 09

busyliving wrote: »

Cheers for all the feedback...

Can I ask ye another question, in relation to the order of workouts...

Went in the gym and you are doing Chest & Back for example,

Is it best to get all the chest work done together, then move onto back, or is it OK to go... chest/back/chest/back etc etc

Cheers in advance

I've always trained each body part together so 4-5 chest exercises in a row before moving on. It's how I was shown and it has been effective for me as I find that it fatigues the muscle group better.

However I have read that when doing arms it is beneficial to go bicep/tricep/bicep/tricep etc. There's some science behind it that I can't recall, someone else may shed some light on this

busyliving

Michael 09 wrote: »

I've always trained each body part together so 4-5 chest exercises in a row before moving on. It's how I was shown and it has been effective for me as I find that it fatigues the muscle group better.

However I have read that when doing arms it is beneficial to go bicep/tricep/bicep/tricep etc. There's some science behind it that I can't recall, someone else may shed some light on this

Cheers mate, when I was show it was on my arms day...So I was show Bi\Tri\Bi\Tri etc

So I was assuming it was the way to do each group...

Cheers for that mate