crazycanuck
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With a bodyweight row, is the concencus being able to touch sternum to the bar or, how close? I am currently on week 4 of Aleks Salkin's 8 week KB Bodyweight challenge and for the10 min pulls portion have been doing hangs off the bar for time with hollow body/shoulders in the socket, and at times alternating that with flexed arm hangs at the top of the bar. Have built up some strength by things like completing S&S, but am pretty much a beginner at pullup training, basically.
Horizontal rows are another of the program's suggestions (plus in another program I will follow after this one), so I recently installed a horizontal bar at hip height, coming to that determination by laying on the floor, reaching arms straight up, and picking a few inches above that. I do realize that it is more challenging at that level. I cannot touch the bar with my chest, can get to within about 5-6 inches or so.
I had my hand placement pretty close together with elbows tucked, like how one would keep elbows in in a pushup. Thumbs over the bar, pullup grip.
Should I be able to get myself higher? Now that I type this I am wondering if my hand/arm placement was some of the factor (scapula meeting mid back, when at the top position) Am debating raising the bar to the armpit. Can get 3 reps at this hip height.
Just have seen a few different videos of technique and am wondering people's thoughts. Thanks everyone..!
Horizontal rows are another of the program's suggestions (plus in another program I will follow after this one), so I recently installed a horizontal bar at hip height, coming to that determination by laying on the floor, reaching arms straight up, and picking a few inches above that. I do realize that it is more challenging at that level. I cannot touch the bar with my chest, can get to within about 5-6 inches or so.
I had my hand placement pretty close together with elbows tucked, like how one would keep elbows in in a pushup. Thumbs over the bar, pullup grip.
Should I be able to get myself higher? Now that I type this I am wondering if my hand/arm placement was some of the factor (scapula meeting mid back, when at the top position) Am debating raising the bar to the armpit. Can get 3 reps at this hip height.
Just have seen a few different videos of technique and am wondering people's thoughts. Thanks everyone..!