By many understood as a single gesture that can be carried out in many variations, the variable execution of the rowing machine can however imply considerable differences in neuro-muscular stimulation and therefore in results.
and transverse of the humerusThe prevalence of one or the other movement and the relative muscle stimulation depend on the type of rower in question and on the technique of execution.
or weight lifting).Depending on the technique and method of execution, it may be more suitable in the protocols of:
- Development of pure strength (strenght training), explosive strength and resistant strength or resistance to strength, useful as an element of general preparation
- Hypertrophic growth (muscle mass), necessary in bodybuilding or bodybuilding
- Preventive and corrective or rehabilitative motor activity.
Describing the rowing in a general way, as if it were a single exercise, is a rather approximate and misleading attitude. In fact, depending on the purpose, some types of rowers should be chosen rather than others. For example, the prone-grip 90 ° barbell rowing machine is more suitable for "powerlifting" training, or in any case in pure strength stimulation protocols; this involves more the rear deltoids and the trapezius. The one with supine grip and elbows narrow, on the other hand, has greater relevance in the "training of hypertrophy for bodybuilding, and in particular in the search for" thickness of the back ", as it stresses the great round muscle with greater precision. The rowing machine with dumbbells, especially unilateral (regardless of socket), finds a notable consensus in preventive and rehabilitative therapies (obviously with moderate loads) or, again in bodybuilding, in the refinement of symmetry.
