Tall guy training

[Cdubw44]

Being a tall guy 6'4" training certain body parts different movements I seem to get more out of than others. For instance the pendulum squat I just feel the stretch better and the quads firing more than a regular squat.
What I'm struggling with is my rowing movements. Nothing seems to be really connecting- elbows in tight or higher. Dropped the weights down and really focused on the squeeze and stretch. But still looking for that one movement that really destroys my back. Any tall guys find something that helped them?

 

[grammo13]

Being a tall guy 6'4" training certain body parts different movements I seem to get more out of than others. For instance the pendulum squat I just feel the stretch better and the quads firing more than a regular squat.
What I'm struggling with is my rowing movements. Nothing seems to be really connecting- elbows in tight or higher. Dropped the weights down and really focused on the squeeze and stretch. But still looking for that one movement that really destroys my back. Any tall guys find something that helped them?

Feel your pain
-John meadows step forward DB rows
-Dante rows
Other than that, I hate being this guy in the gym...but shit like hammer DY row one arm with a pretty hard "optimal" lean to that side.

 

[cage99]

I’m 6’2”, and the exercise that I love the most is barbell rows. My second is dumbbell rows. Both work great for me! Obviously there are many others, but those two stick out the most for really feeling the muscles work.

Cage

 

[Heath82]

I’m 6’3. Meadows rows amd one handed barbell rows (where you stand parallel to the barbell and not facing it like meadows rows) underhand pulldows, pullovers

 

[Cdubw44]

Thanks guys. Haven't tried the Meadows row. I'll be adding those in.

 

[Aikman56]

6’2”
I love DB rows, especially chest-supported (both at the same time), single arm Hammer reverse-grip pulldown, the Rogers 3-way (pendulum) row, and (my gum just got this) the Panatta Freeweight Special Super High Row done unilaterally.

I have a hard time feeling my lats, so I really have to pick the right exercises and do them VERY intentionally.

 

[juiceball44]

Being a tall guy 6'4" training certain body parts different movements I seem to get more out of than others. For instance the pendulum squat I just feel the stretch better and the quads firing more than a regular squat.
What I'm struggling with is my rowing movements. Nothing seems to be really connecting- elbows in tight or higher. Dropped the weights down and really focused on the squeeze and stretch. But still looking for that one movement that really destroys my back. Any tall guys find something that helped them?

I’m 6’3 with long arms and my favorite row is a barbell row with an overhand close grip. One or two fingers on the inside smooth part of the bar. Keep elbows close to you body and want to pull back and up to belly button squeeze and control down with a full stretch. Lat pull downs I don't like wide grip either I do shoulder width overhand and always start light to make sure I’m isolating and squeezing my back instead of just swinging weight around

 

[Tomgrass]

Being a tall guy 6'4" training certain body parts different movements I seem to get more out of than others. For instance the pendulum squat I just feel the stretch better and the quads firing more than a regular squat.
What I'm struggling with is my rowing movements. Nothing seems to be really connecting- elbows in tight or higher. Dropped the weights down and really focused on the squeeze and stretch. But still looking for that one movement that really destroys my back. Any tall guys find something that helped them?

I am 6’1 and for me this is hammer plate loaded when i use straps to fully focus on the movement.

 

[Alzadosghost]

Same as short guy training lol

 

[Alzadosghost]

Iv trained with some really tall guys. They do all the same shit I do they are just taller.

 

[dantes]

I am 6’1, I don’t have a huge back but bigger than most at the gym. It doesn’t really matter the row you pick it’s the intent and form that matters. Try pulling lower to the belly button and keeping elbows tight. It just takes a lot of repetition to perfect the mind muscle connection

 

[Siggy]

Im 6 ft 1. The movement that hits my lats the best is something I came up with. I mean its not groundbreaking shit but in all the years I been training I might have seen one person doing them.

I basically do single arm dumbell rows without the support of one knee and one hand on a bench, that style has always felt awkward to me. I bend over and just start rowing while keeping the erectors, glutes and hamstrings somewhat tight, (but I will occasionally support myself by putting the non lifting hand on top of the same side thigh)

I will either tap the floor with the dbell while banging out sets or sometimes I will place it on the floor for a second between reps.

Something about firing these muscles together helps me isolate the lats better over being supported by a bench. As an added bonus you do get a mild workout for the erectors/glutes/hamstrings. Its more of a functional movement. Great for the biceps too.

 

[Cdubw44]

I’m 6’3 with long arms and my favorite row is a barbell row with an overhand close grip. One or two fingers on the inside smooth part of the bar. Keep elbows close to you body and want to pull back and up to belly button squeeze and control down with a full stretch. Lat pull downs I don't like wide grip either I do shoulder width overhand and always start light to make sure I’m isolating and squeezing my back instead of just swinging weight around

Did this one in the Meadow's rows today. I did get some good connection with it. Thought I was pulling back far enough but looking at the video on some of them there's just a hair more I can keep pulling back on.

 

[SouthernMuscle]

6’2” here

Do 40-50 wide grip chins as your first exercise

Wide grip as in outside your shoulder

 

[dimethyl11]

6’2 - neutral grip pull downs and rows of a variety of different widths w a 2s squeeze and a 2-4s stretch have worked really well for me.

Used to LOVE deads but mentally I’m not there right now

 

[Brock456]

6’2
I really like doing Uni lateral cable rows seated on an incline bench next to the stack with the bench set at a 90 degree angle and one hand bracing on the bench like Kuba is doing in this ig post. Hunter always does these too.

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[rotinaj]

Being over 6’ you’re going to have to modify just about everything.
The average male height is 5’9.

Understand that the manufacturers of gym equipment design their machines to be useable for the most amount of people.. which is not you.

Mechanical tension and approaching failure in the stretched position has been shown to cause the most hypertrophy and thus you will need to find exercises that can facilitate this.

For example when used as designed, I personally cannot get a full stretch on nearly any cable lat pull down machine I’ve used in 15 years.

Example modifications:
- Single arm lat pull down while on one knee behind seat for more stretch
- Hack squats with yoga blocks on shoulder for more depth

 

[Cdubw44]

Being over 6’ you’re going to have to modify just about everything.
The average male height is 5’9.

Understand that the manufacturers of gym equipment design their machines to be useable for the most amount of people.. which is not you.

Mechanical tension and approaching failure in the stretched position has been shown to cause the most hypertrophy and thus you will need to find exercises that can facilitate this.

For example when used as designed, I personally cannot get a full stretch on nearly any cable lat pull down machine I’ve used in 15 years.

Example modifications:
- Single arm lat pull down while on one knee behind seat for more stretch
- Hack squats with yoga blocks on shoulder for more depth

Had to do this with the hammer roll. I added three pads onto the breast plate. Finally, I got a good stretch.

 

[Sectør]

I've been really enjoying Smith machine barbell rows lately. Can focus on getting a good squeeze since so you don't have to stabilize the weight with your core as much, and obviously the Smith machine motion is fixated so you can lock in whatever range of motion works best for you then I'll just squeeze gard at the top of the motion and let my lats stretch all the way out at the bottom of the movement

3 sets overhand
3 sets underhand


DB rows are also good
Cable machine rows
T bar rows
Other machine rows

 

[juggy38]

I’m not tall, 5-10….but always struggled with connecting with the back musculature.

I had to use the sledgehammer approach.

Snatch grip deads, rack pulls, Englished barbell rows.

When the lower back was too fatigued, meadows rows and Krock rows. I let the krock rows get even a little “ugly”.

But I’ve never been in a gym that had good rowing machines other than the standard chest supported Tbar.