Comments on: Are Upright Rows Unsafe?

By: Alan Watts

Alan Watts — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:31:03 +0000

The real question is, are upright rows anything other than a complete waste of programming space for people who don’t have the recovery abilities of a heavy steroid user/Wolverine from X-Men?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:35:14 +0000

I think that about says it all, great read and great advice. I used to love upright rows and now at an aolder age 40+ the shoulders are shot and crack and pop, all makes sense now. and I agree with Mitchell, dumbbells are the way to go, barbells are a killer for sure, no motion for any joint.

By: Tyco

Tyco — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:21:52 +0000

I personally do them using DB and pull them in the direction exactly opposite of a dips.

By: Mitchell - Home Fitness Manual

Mitchell - Home Fitness Manual — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:56:52 +0000

Lyle,

Personally, I’ve never felt that upright rows had a potential for causing injury over other exercises. As long as you know what you’re doing, and are using proper for, then you should be ok. I prefer the dumbbell method when I’m working the shoulders. Bands are great for warming up, but they can be costly when you need to work with some serious resistance.

-Mitchell

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:51:47 +0000

but the guy in the first picture looks more jacked than the guy in the second picture….

By: jose

jose — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:31:10 +0000

What do you think of adding this exercise to your generic bulking routine? The upper day would be something like:

Flat bench
Row
Incline Bench
Pulldown/Chins
Upright Row
Tricep
Bicep

By: deadreak

deadreak — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:10:34 +0000

Thanks for the fast response, I think I will switch to shrugs instead, since even doing movement not all the way up makes my shoulders feel bit weird.

By: spiritsplice

spiritsplice — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:49:34 +0000

Never heard of anyone using upright rows for delts, always seen them as a trap exercise.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:31:28 +0000

not a form safety recommendation but thought I’d add something I see very few mention. I do upright rows on a cable row machine with an ez bar attatchment. you could also use any other single arm(s) attachment like shown in lyle’s post, but I just find the lying vs. standing really has my medial delts firing for some reason.

By: martin

martin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:24:14 +0000

Hi Lyle
Good, sensible advice. What do you think of performing the movement you suggest with a curling bar to reduce the cock of the wrists?

Martin