Weak rows = Lousy bench?

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Weak rows = Lousy bench?

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i think the co-relation btween the thoracic stability and scapular activation is extremely important.

i was thinking about it, and what if you did light rows for activation before benching to engage the lats more?
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First you have to see if such a correlation exists. I have a strong bench and row, so that's 1. But that's just N=1.

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i have weak row and lousy bench

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I have strong row and weak bench
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techically speaking people should be able to row more than they bench i believe.

but in my findings that thoracic stability plays an important part that supersede this rule.

will see how it goes and test it with my clients.
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ok im most ppl i row more than i bench

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I bench more than I row, and this has always been the case for me.

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maybe you can try to up your rows stats and see if your bench PRs would increase.
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As you know, I don't do BB rows. Only DB rows. Yes they've gone up quite a bit, but my bench not as much.

You won't be able to really prove your theory since that requires testing every single person and note that if they have a strong bench, they must have a strong row. You can however easily disprove your theory...just need to find a person with a weak row yet a strong bench. You also need to define what's "weak" and what's "strong".

I'm relatively strong in both, just that my row is weaker than the bench.

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I think the correlation is for beginners with weak posterior chain.

Today i tried swapping the exercises list for my beginner client -
instead of doing bench first, i did lat pull down then rows then bench.

It seems with better activation of the posterior chain the stability improved and the form was easier to keep.
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