Risks And Benefits Of The Upright Row

In this QUAH Sal, Adam, & Justin answer the question " I have heard the dangers of upright rows, but see them in MAPS Spilt. Are they safe?".
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[@HkFinn83]

Yes go with feel, learn to trust yourself. Everything has some risk. Look at the barbell squat, almost everybody recommends it but if it goes wrong it has the risk of leading to catastrophic life changing injurys.

[@225hurricane]

Weight lifting is dangerous if you don’t have proper form or go heavy…most guyz N the gym have that macho bro dude attitude they want to lift heavyweights…if you can handle it cool if not check your ego at the door…it’s better on your joints lifting moderate weight and lighter weight and still get Nice shredded physic..upright rows R great for those shoulders and upper trapz…thanks for clearing that up fellas ✌🏽💪🏽

[@zeroman155]

I just go up to my lower chest. Never higher. Whether it's with dumbbells or ez curl bar. No pain. That's all.

[@nboss968]

Good tip that should avoid impingement from the coracoid process bone in front of the shoulders.

[@glenchaos9]

I can’t lie this channel is incredible so much knowledge! this is all under valued content 🔥🔥💪🏾💪🏾

[@AmericanTestConstitution]

Any exercise is dangerous with too heavy a weight or too much volume. Arm curls can be dangerous if you put to much weight on them or you do 10 stets every day.

[@NBDYSPCL]

I get what he means but I'd love to see Sal find a "safe" way of doing the bosu ball barbell toss I see nutters do on tiktok

[@Charliemmafan]

I agree with you guys and I love upright rows because they work the shoulders really good plus the traps both at the same time and I have really messed up shoulders but upright rows don't bother me at all and they give me a great workout when I do work out which is weird because everybody says or most people say that they're really dangerous but people also say that behind the neck military presses are dangerous, behind the neck pull downs are dangerous as well as like you said going deep on squats and also a lot of people say that leg extensions are too dangerous but I don't think they're really dangerous at all and I think heavy flat barbell bench presses are more dangerous because I messed up my right shoulder really bad doing flat bench presses a long time ago even though it's an amazing power and mass exercise obviously and the best overall upper body exercise there is but it's still a really dangerous exercise for sure just being brutally honest but the most dangerous exercise in my opinion are pec deck flies where you bring your elbows in to meet with like the old school pec deck machines because I really messed up my left shoulder doing them and they always hurt my shoulders but I never got injured for a long time until later on doing them but I think the old school peck deck flies are the most dangerous on your shoulders, not flies where you just bring your hands in and your elbows stay out but the ones where your elbows come in and basically meet or just about meet I think are extremely dangerous for the shoulders yet everyone's talking about all these other exercises instead being dangerous instead but I disagree on most of them for sure.

[@Smeck2]

Holy fuck, dude. Have you ever heard of periods?

[@wheatgrain6138]

Not every "exercise" is created by mother nature, they are pretty much all bodybuilding trends from the 60s-70s. I could hype up a trend that involves twisting your knee or spine under load to rip apart ligaments and call that an exercise. Or a neck bridge variation to impinge your spine and cause lifelong damage.

[@jumbo9386]

Thank you.

[@shaebrown2872]

Hype up the knee exercise please

[@snach1983]

Safe with bands???i think less danger with bands but good range of motion no pain,go for it.if pain then avoid

[@spencedog]

I have bad shoulders and upright rows (DUMBELLS ONLY) have helped my condition. Do heavy weight and low reps. 5-6 reps.

[@ssheikh3598]

I feel the same. I feel pain with side raises but somehow DB upright rows seems to work fine with no pain...

[@nboss968]

It's all about range of motion. Any exercise is dangerous with improper range of motion. E.g. behind the neck press is a risk on shoulders if you go down too far.

[@sirhc4986]

I love upright rows. They are beasts! I superset them with Y raises. The only thing sometimes is that I'll get some pain in my brachioradialis at the top. Don't care though. Eat them upright's.

[@eyu854]

Do it by cable ropes , easy fix

[@tubestick00]

Chris bumstead does them... I like them and get a good burn from it.

[@reese3407]

Exercising is just like sex if it feels good do it

[@king-nick2023]

Lol crossing the road is dangerous 😂😂😂 that’s some real shit

[@jaimejordan2013]

All this shit about the upright row is myth

[@DamonMoves]

Why can’t you just do a front raise instead? Basically still works the same muscles. It is not necessarily what we can’t do, it is about if there is better options that are possibly safer.

[@jakobalgeblad6732]

front raises are front delt isolation, upright row are mostly traps, lateral delta and more rear delts, front raises is a isolation excersise

[@DamonMoves]

@@jakobalgeblad6732 Yes traps but you’re also working front of the shoulders as well. No matter how you look at it, the point is there’s many other options for each muscle/body part. You could shrug, you could do a lat pull down. You’re still in the same region.

[@jakobalgeblad6732]

@@DamonMoves Well you can say the same with bench, deadlifts and squat. all of which are very dangerous when done wrong, they are still some of the most effective excersises. Low risk = low reward

[@DamonMoves]

@@jakobalgeblad6732 It’s about working smarter NOT harder. And if you have many other options to choose from, you don’t have to take a risk on one particular exercise. Makes no sense.

[@jakobalgeblad6732]

@@DamonMoves Well, in my opinion, learning fundemental compund movements is a smarter thing to do rather than doing many diffrent safer isolatory excersises. Injury and risk is a part of learning everyone lifting will go through. I get your point, but i still think its the wrong way to go for 95% of people lifting.

[@Samson2323]

Upright rows are dangerous, do muscle ups instead it's safer.

[@Juamacao2503]

Muscle ups is a totally different exercise besides being a shitty exercise for hypertrophy

[@szveszs]

@@Juamacao2503 can you performe 4 sets of 8reps of muscle ups? Or do 3 4x sets of 8reps weighted muscle ups? I'm not trying to be ironic, 'cause if this exercise it's bad for hypertrophy it's 'cause you tested at least for 3 months being able to do at least 6-8reps and saw others that was doing it without results, right?

[@Simon-gx1wf]

@@szveszs as much as I love muscle ups, they’re trash for hypertrophy, almost all smart calisthenics (soo NOT ThenX) athlete would say so, are they bad? Nope, good for muscle recruitment too, but not that good for growth, although they can help growth by getting more motor unit recruited when performing heavy pull ups/ chin ups

[@GrownManPat]

No one should be taking this comment seriously.

[@noherekruger3738]

So much wrong with this video its laughable. Just because you may be "feeling" pain or any discomfort, sure as hell doesn't mean its being done safely or properly. Over time its most likely wearing shit out and breaking it down. There are no "pros" to upright rows, there are literally dozens of better exercises to do. There's literally no safe way to do upright rows. You guys need to look at how anatomical the body works during that movement and educate ourselves. Don't even get me started on "its not the exercise that hurts you, its the body"

[@Simon-gx1wf]

The things is science is extremely unclear when it comes to subacromial shoulder pain syndrome (new more accurate term for impingement), I don’t believe it’s inherently bad, but its for sure riskier, it can also be used as rehab for neck and traps pain… shoulder impingement is becoming more and more outdated, wich is the main point people usually bring up, I wouldn’t do these usually, I prefer lu raises and lateral raises+ shrugs, but it is a very complex concept considering tissues do adapt, but much slower than muscle, so how I see overload for this movement is 10-15 reps, working from 8 rpe down to 6 rpe before upping weight, especially in begging, also a slight forward lean almost turn this into a side delt/ traps/facepull hybrid

[@jumbo9386]

@@Simon-gx1wf yeah see you pretty much put the nail on the head here without realizing it. You pretty much said don't go to failure on the upright row. Ok, if you can't go to failure you can't hardly progressively overload. Meaning the movement is bad and unnecessarily risky. Like, why do it at all? Do Bent over rows, lateral raises, shrugs, overhead press, incline bench, literally anything else if you want to target these muscles. There is no reason to do an exercise that puts the shoulder in a weak position with weight bearing down on it. It's just stupid

[@GrownManPat]

Been doing upright rows for 10nyears, never had a shoulder injury or any sort of inflammation of the joints. Calm down with calling exercises dangerous. Speak from your own experience and stop thinking science has it all figured out.

[@teacherdoug4438]

Yeah that just sounded like some inspirational power quote haha.