B2: Ground rows

Can I please have a form check on rows?

Pretty good. Try to keep your head in a neutral position instead of ducking your chin. Looking at the ceiling might help. Also, engage your core throughout your set to help keep a tighter body line.

Do you guys think this exercise becomes more difficult because of the angle I am working at? Seems like I am lifting more body weight compared to the follow along video. 

54 minutes ago, Affan Osman said:

Do you guys think this exercise becomes more difficult because of the angle I am working at? Seems like I am lifting more body weight compared to the follow along video. 

well, your execution has more shoulder extension in proportion to elbows flexion due to the rings attached above the feet.

Is that ok, or should I look to find a different setup where rings are attached closer to the upper body? Might have to install something on the ceiling, if the wife allows it 

I've been doing my rows with this set up as well as an intermediate step.  I was under the impression that for mastery of RC PE2 you need to have the straps hanging down in a straight line with your shoulders directly under the support.  Coaches, am I correct or is it okay to have the rings at hip height with the feet under the support?

Thanks,

James

20 hours ago, Affan Osman said:

Is that ok, or should I look to find a different setup where rings are attached closer to the upper body? Might have to install something on the ceiling, if the wife allows it 

if you can emulate the course setup is better of course.

18 hours ago, James O'Boyle said:

I've been doing my rows with this set up as well as an intermediate step.  I was under the impression that for mastery of RC PE2 you need to have the straps hanging down in a straight line with your shoulders directly under the support.  Coaches, am I correct or is it okay to have the rings at hip height with the feet under the support?

Thanks,

James

The first is correct....sometime everyone needs adfjustment...the actual covid situation makes me invent the most impossible arrangement for my student while they're training at home.

I have changed my setup and able to do 3x6r at this. Can I move to next step?

8 hours ago, Affan Osman said:

I have changed my setup and able to do 3x6r at this. Can I move to next step?

 

 

Interesting setup and nicely done.

This is last set of 4x6r

I feel I am struggling to reach top. Any advice?

13 hours ago, Affan Osman said:

This is last set of 4x6r

I feel I am struggling to reach top. Any advice?

 

 

Hey Affan is quite normal, not too much because of the exercise itself but primarily due to your setup that makes the exercise to be biceps dominant with less assistance from the lats.

Isn't my setup close to how the setup is in the file along video? Or are you saying the band holding my legs is creating extra tension for my biceps?

15 hours ago, Affan Osman said:

Isn't my setup close to how the setup is in the file along video? Or are you saying the band holding my legs is creating extra tension for my biceps?

Nope because the course set up makes the rings to move closer to the sternum while in your case the inclination of the straps makes the pulling tension move to the shoulders...in fact, at the top of each rep you cannot hold the depression of the shoulders causing deactivation of the lats and premature fatigue of the biceps.

Ah I see. I think in that case I might be on this exercise forever . Looking at my setup do you suggest anything else I can do to achieve a similar position as in the course video?

My last one ide is something like that....i think i have the gene of an inventor. it should be doable because the ring straps make pressure on the cube which is pressed on the stallbar and gives you the additional distance.

That is a creative solution coach! 

13 hours ago, Affan Osman said:

That is a creative solution coach! 

Well sometimes with online coaching i have to be creative with my students...