The proper way to do barbell upright rows

[Tommy Gunn]

When you guys do barbell upright rows do you bring the bar up to where the elbows and forearms are level to the ground like seen here:

http://www.exercisedb.com/exercisedatabase/viewanexercise.asp?table=exercises&ID=19

Or do you bring it up higher, like to the chin? Which way is better for building your side delts? Which way is safer for your rotator cuffs?

[asvt]

I bring the bar to my upper chest

[Vinlander]

I have grown into the theory that less is more with this exercise and that jerking motions don't really help. In my experience, I take the bar to mid-chest height, hold for 1 second and drop. If I'm unable to hold, I'll get one more rep out and that's it. A typical set will go 8-14 reps x 3.

[INM]

to my upper chest.. works fine for me.
at first this excersize killed my wrists though..

[MFT81]

I dont worry so much as to how high I pull the bar but that I use my elbows to pull and not my wrist or forearms.

also I dont like using a bar cause of instability, I like to use a smith machine or rope attachment on a cable station and I lean back as I pull to emphasize the meddial deltoid.

[naturalsux]

wider grip works the medial delts.

[chest6]

I dont worry so much as to how high I pull the bar but that I use my elbows to pull and not my wrist or forearms.

also I dont like using a bar cause of instability, I like to use a smith machine or rope attachment on a cable station and I lean back as I pull to emphasize the meddial deltoid.
I've seen guys do the smith machine and the bar sort of floats up for them, I'd prefer free barbell.

Do you notice this?

[MFT81]

^^ ha ha, I know what you mean, modern smiths do glide up easy dont they, our smith is the old ass smith and the bar with hooks is HEAVY, the first time I went to do mil press Id use 135 during my working sets, on our smith all you needed was a quarter on each side to feel the same,

so no it dosent float, but rather sinks.

the reason I do them is because I like a controlled path, I usually do upright rows last and by this time my shoulders are shot, and im afraid to use free weights because of injury,

like I said before I like to lean back so a smith lets me do this,

[MFT81]

DB upright rows with one arm at a time also work well to, you can really customize the movement to what works for you the best.