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.
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.
