Was trying to get data on how much weight I'm rowing when I do bodyweight rows and a strange thing happened. The resistance was higher at the top of the pull...
I've been gathering some exercise data for a project I'm working on, and I've been tracking my pushup resistance for years (incidentally, my average resistance in a pushup is 73.5% of my bodyweight), so I've continued to do that, but realized I've never done my row weight before. So I tested it today.
My average row resistance is higher than pushups (79.5%), which was cool info to learn, but the weird thing as noted above was that the resistance increased as my arms went from straight to bent. This is the same for a pushup of course, because the more acute the angle of your body is relative to the ground the more the resistance evens out from foot to head. Naturally, I suspected that the greater the angle of my incline in a row would have the same effect, meaning that I'd have less resistance at the top of the row, but the opposite was true. I.E. at the bottom of the row (arms straight) I was lifting 76.2% of my weight and at the top, when more of my weight should have been on my feet, I was actually lifting 82.8% of my weight.
Figured I'd share for anyone that was curious.
I've been gathering some exercise data for a project I'm working on, and I've been tracking my pushup resistance for years (incidentally, my average resistance in a pushup is 73.5% of my bodyweight), so I've continued to do that, but realized I've never done my row weight before. So I tested it today.
My average row resistance is higher than pushups (79.5%), which was cool info to learn, but the weird thing as noted above was that the resistance increased as my arms went from straight to bent. This is the same for a pushup of course, because the more acute the angle of your body is relative to the ground the more the resistance evens out from foot to head. Naturally, I suspected that the greater the angle of my incline in a row would have the same effect, meaning that I'd have less resistance at the top of the row, but the opposite was true. I.E. at the bottom of the row (arms straight) I was lifting 76.2% of my weight and at the top, when more of my weight should have been on my feet, I was actually lifting 82.8% of my weight.
Figured I'd share for anyone that was curious.