Reply With QuoteI concentrate 100% on my back...Get a good squeeze and hold for a second and finishing. It will take pressure off of your elbows and arms, and give you a better quality lift.
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06-15-2008, 09:25 AM #1Registered User
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Question on back training.
Question on hitting my back.. When you do t-bar rows or any other back exercise for that matter can someone explain to me the mental technique used? Do you concentrate starting the movement with your elbows and then pulling with your back and finishining the movement.. or do you focus your mind from the start on your back and finish with your back the whole way getting a good squeeze of shoulder blades together.. A little uncertain on how to go about this.
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Jay,
What part of Pittsburgh? I'm east of the city in Irwin.
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i start the motion with my elbows moving back, and then focus completely on the back, trying to squeeze those shoulder blades together
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Max weight to be able to touch chest with no sway then straight arm shrugs with max weight when you can't touch chest added in at the end. Then drop the weight and try to hit a cramp up with full contraction hold. I don't know what others like but I like. That's one set.
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Some people envision the arms as simply an extension of the back, meaning mentally - just think back back back.
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Focus on using my back all the way on all back movements, the arms should be used as hooks, also on most movements elbows in when it comes to back (most movements).
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Originally Posted by Mudge
I like these ideas. The image of the arms as hooks is a very useful visual. Agree on the elbows too - if they come out, back work turns into rear delt work, which, while excellent pre and rehab for the shoulder, is by definition a much lighter movement. Originally Posted by powerrack
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I usually try to simultaneously "pull with my elbows" as well as thinking about retracting the scapula.
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Re: Question on back training.
Go back & do 10-20 minuets of what you normally did. Build it up slowly. But just go back; don't keep putting it off thinking up lots of excuses not to. The longer you put it off the more difficult it will be to go back. Just Try It!!!
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