Bent-Over One-Arm Dumbbell Rows will be playing a role in the NEW THT 5 workouts.
This article will show you how to do them with proper muscle-building form.
So let’s FORCE some new growth in those lats once and for all.
How To Do Dumbbell Rows
Place one knee on a bench and grab the end with your supporting hand for stabilization.
Your torso should be just above horizontal.
Grab dumbbell off the floor and pull up towards your side.
Row up until it makes contact with your ribs. This should take about 1 second.
Lower arm until straightened and your shoulder is stretched downward. This lowering should take about 2 seconds. The important thing to remember is to lower slowly and smoothly under full muscular control. This recruits more muscle fibers and helps stimulate more growth.
Towards the end of the set when you can’t quite reach the point where the dumbbell is touching your ribs, you can rotate your torso a little during the lifting phase. Do this only if necessary and do it smoothly; do NOT jerk the weight up.
Now go do your dumbbell rows in this fashion and build yourself some kick-ass lats!
Your Buddy,
Mark
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Thanks. It’s ALL about control, I see. Simple yet fundamental. Doing back on Friday so gotta wait…… THT 5 I hear!? Yippee!!! 🙂
Hey mark, how soon for THT5?… Liking the regular blog updates…
Mid to Late November for THT 5, Tam 🙂
Hey Mark. Is it me or you seem to curve your back forward just a bit thru the lift? I read somewhere that to maximize lat recruitment you must keep your back arched at all times.
Time for some of these tonight! Can’t wait!
@Adam. Enjoy 🙂
@Turo. Not sure what you mean by curving the back forward. Let me know and I’ll explain, buddy.
Maybe what Turo’s is thinking of, I often see the technique of standing side on to the bench and putting only your non-lifting hand on the bench, rather than your knee. You place your feet in a stable stance, far back enough to make your back almost horizontal, and also stick your bum out, which ensures the lower back does not arch. Keeps it’s natural curve. It does make it harder to lift the same weight as before, possibly indicating more isolation…? But then less load/impact on the lats achievable, I guess.
Richard’s comment is spot on. I tend to pay close attention to the curve of my lower back as I had a herniated disc surgery at L4-L5 about 15 months back. But if arching your back does not affect involvement of the lat muscles, then it’s all cool.
Hi, Thanks for the video!
I always incorperate these into my workout as I feel you get a good stretch. The one question I have is, how much work is done by the lat compared to work done by the rear deltoid?
Thanks again!
not sure about letting the shoulder stretch downwards – as someone with a history of shoulder problems i have done a lot of reading about protecting it and the consensus seems to be that keeping the shoulder packed tight with shoulder blades back and down is the way to go.
It’s a long road back from shoulder injuries so worth thinking about.
all the best
ian