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[Wilko]

Hey hey! Glad to see this thread didn't get ignored entirely. Hate it when good content gets buried.

Reykhel, I won't bore you with a blow by blow - but I did come to one interesting conclusion about bodyweight training.

Inverted Rows > Pull Ups... kind of

I personally found that there was no way for me to get in an effective (muscle-building) volume of pull-ups without frying my connective tissues. Form tweaks just shifted the stress around; if my bicep tendons weren't inflamed then my upper lat insertions would give me all kinds of grief.

Haven't had the same problem with inverted rows, and I think that's as much to do with the angle of pull as it is the reduced load.

Pull Ups will always be more impressive, but as a training stimulus I think inverted rows have some big advantages.

 

[amazingswayze]

Hey hey! Glad to see this thread didn't get ignored entirely. Hate it when good content gets buried.

Reykhel, I won't bore you with a blow by blow - but I did come to one interesting conclusion about bodyweight training.

Inverted Rows > Pull Ups... kind of

I personally found that there was no way for me to get in an effective (muscle-building) volume of pull-ups without frying my connective tissues. Form tweaks just shifted the stress around; if my bicep tendons weren't inflamed then my upper lat insertions would give me all kinds of grief.

Haven't had the same problem with inverted rows, and I think that's as much to do with the angle of pull as it is the reduced load.

Pull Ups will always be more impressive, but as a training stimulus I think inverted rows have some big advantages.

I've never imagined this perspective but considering that I've done both, I must agree with you. Pull ups are impressive but rather vicious on the body. I think more people should practice the inverted row, even though it looks ridiculous.