Part 2 of my back workout is all about my bent over rowes. Thisnis not a movement I've done alot of over the years, as it tends to aggravate an old rugby injury in my lower back. But my back has been doing really well recently and I manage it also by lifting the bar slightly lower.
I decided to do my rowes on a Swiss cambered bar, as the Swiss grip involves the arm at the best angle for armwrestling, helping maximise the usage of the bracialis muscle, perfect for developing backpressure.
The cambered also allows for a greater range of motion(additional fine inches over the olympic) helping me max the range of motion despite the old power belly getting in the way lol the only prob is (although a good thing for grip work) is that the cambered design adds a rotation to the bar. Making the bar spin out of my hands. This makes it harder to use all the strength in the back to move the bar, but deffo adds an extra element for grip and Forearm strength.
In the near future, now that I've tested my strength, I will use 100kg as my working weight and I'll push the reps as much as poss (till failure) 120kg was light enough to handle but the grip spin made it feel so much harder, and the 140kg I kind of git but the technique was all over the place and I didn't feel the full range of motion.
This was because it's a damn heavy weight but the spin on 140kg was almost impossible for me to fight atm. So I'll keep working my wrist strength as I loathe using straps like I did in the second attempt.
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