Posted in Barbell Row on Jun 10th, 2011
If you’re a guy who want to master perfect Barbell Row technique, this will be the most important article you will ever read. Here’s why: almost everyone is dead wrong in how they do Barbell Rows. Most guys do Yates Rows, 50° shrugs with underhand grip named after the steroid bodybuilder Dorian Yates. And, guess [...]
Posted in Barbell Row on May 1st, 2011
The Pendlay Row is a variation of the Barbell Row named after Glenn Pendlay, head coach of Wichita Falls Weightlifting team. There’s a lot of confusion about correct technique on the Pendlay Row & its differences with the Barbell Row.
Instead of giving you my view on the Pendlay Row, I’ll give you Glenn Pendlay’s. It’s his exercise after all. Then I’ll follow with my conclusions & a video of the Pendlay Row based on my understanding of Glenn Pendlay’s writing.
The following text & pictures were posted by Glenn Pendlay on forums years ago.
Posted in Barbell Row on Apr 15th, 2011
Lasse Birk Osen from Denmark shared a video of his Barbell Row technique on the StrongLifts Facebook Fan page. I just started doing the exercise again after a two month break because of back pain. This time I really want to do it right so I grow strong without pain. Can I do better? Many Deadlift [...]
Posted in Barbell Row on Feb 4th, 2011
Phil wrote: Your website, and your blog does a lot for me, highly educational and motivational both. I do have a question actually: What are your thoughts comparing weighted chins VS the barbell rows? Once I started hanging weights from my waist to do chinups it seemed like I started making some solid gains in the upper [...]
Posted in Barbell Row on Dec 28th, 2010
Yesterday I explained why I dropped the assistance exercises from StrongLifts 5×5 and why they’re now optional. Today I want to share the reason why StrongLifts 5×5 now includes Barbell Rows instead of Inverted Rows. Again, this is NOT something I changed just to come up with a 3rd version of the 5×5 report, but [...]
