How do you perform barbell rows?

[WW3MW3]

With the back slightly bent over (1), or like in (2)?

[inbeforeban112]

Number 1.

[WW3MW3]

Number 1.

Is number 2 wrong? Any difference?

[inbeforeban112]

Is number 2 wrong? Any difference?

I've tried both, don't see a significant difference in either. Just preference IMO.

[Iziba]

Number 2 is a pendlay row, number 1 is a bent over row. They're two different variations. I prefer number 1, though.

[WW3MW3]

Number 2 is a pendlay row, number 1 is a bent over row. They're two different variations. I prefer number 1, though.

Which is better for the back?

[IpickUpWeights]

Ive been curious how others do them as well. From my own experience you can do more weight doing it like number 1. But with number 2 you can feel the back being worked alot more however i feel like number 2 puts more strain on your lower back so you have to handle a lighter amount of weight so that you dont hurt your back its a more advance workout I think because you can easly hurt yourself doing it like number 2 if not done with good form. But I like number 2, isolates my back alot more

[aec32094]

Number 2 is a pendlay row, number 1 is a bent over row. They're two different variations.

just because he's returning the bar to the floor doesn't mean he's doing a pendlay row lol.

i do it like number 2, returning the bar to the floor. my movement isn't explosive though.

[Iziba]

Which is better for the back?

I'm not sure which works it better, but a wider grip targets your posterior deltoids, whereas a closer grip targets your lats more directly.

[inbeforeban112]

Which is better for the back?

I think it'll differ for most people, but I find number 1 a lot more in my mid/upper back + lats. And if I do number 2, I find it works my lower back a lot more.

[inbeforeban112]

just because he's returning the bar to the floor doesn't mean he's doing a pendlay row lol.

wot

[WW3MW3]

I think it'll differ for most people, but I find number 1 a lot more in my mid/upper back + lats. And if I do number 2, I find it works my lower back a lot more.

Thanks

[aec32094]

wot

what? pendlay rows are explosive from the ground. you can row with a controlled motion and return the bar to the floor, doesn't make it a pendlay row. http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...ntOverRow.html

[Iziba]

what? pendlay rows are explosive from the ground. you can row with a controlled motion and return the bar to the floor, doesn't make it a pendlay row. http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...ntOverRow.html

Well, it's a picture, not a video, so how can we judge the explosiveness? Lawl.

[inbeforeban112]

what? pendlay rows are explosive from the ground. you can row with a controlled motion and return the bar to the floor, doesn't make it a pendlay row.

go to stronglifts:

Pendlay Row vs. Barbell Row. The bar returns to the floor after each rep.

How to Pendlay Row. Well, the best way to do them is to start with the bar on the floor every single rep.

The big difference between Pendlay and Barbell Rows, is that the bar returns to the floor on each rep with Pendlay Rows

[Bruno93]

1st one.

[Iziba]

And judging from the picture, it's on the floor, so i'm going to assume it's a pendlay like i previously stated. Once again, not a video

[IpickUpWeights]

I like slow controlled pendlay rows feels like a isolation movement on my lats I like it alot. Normal rows i hate feels akward to me im actually a big fan of pendlay rows come to think of it lol Just i dont like how people think of it as a explosive exercise its much more of a isolation on lats to me slow up slow down doing 8-12 reps feels great

[aec32094]

go to stronglifts:

look at the actual form for pendlay row vs the exrx page, they're different. one being explosive from beginning to end, the other a controlled movement.

[inbeforeban112]

look at the actual form for pendlay row vs the exrx page, they're different. one being explosive from beginning to end, the other a controlled movement.

Stronglifts seems to disagree.

Almost everyone who does bent over rows will not touch the floor after reps. It's really really uncommon.

[aec32094]

Stronglifts seems to disagree.

Almost everyone who does bent over rows will not touch the floor after reps. It's really really uncommon.

i'm probably wrong. it was worth a shot

[inbeforeban112]

i'm probably wrong. it was worth a shot

eh who gives a fuk. We're just arguing semantics

[MilkBender]

I like 2, puts a lot less strain on your back. You don't need to be holding the bar at a half-deadlift the whole time

[bailey1106]

Number two looks more like a rear delt row, except rear delt rows go to above the nipps.

Number onne is great for back especially with slow controlled movement and that mind muscle connection and squeezing of the shoulder blades at the top of the ROM, actually gives me a pump lol.