Thread: Favorite accessory row movement?

Assuming barbell rows are the primary movement, which row movement would you choose and why do you feel it to be best in your training?

Originally Posted by Deep-Voiced-One

Assuming barbell rows are the primary movement, which one out of these 3 accessory row movements would you choose and why do you feel it to be best in your training?

I don't see 3 to choose from.

Edit:

Chose "other" because I would rotate them all every couple of weeks. They're all good, but my 2 faves would be machine row and DB row. Chest supported is great bcz you can stretch out in front before full contraction. DB is great as it's a natural rowing movement: picking up something heavy.

Originally Posted by ECGordyn

I don't see 3 to choose from.

Probably getting the poll done now.

I'm not sure if this is properly considered an accessory per se, but I've regularly been doing Pendlay's this past month and I'm liking them a lot and seem to be responding well.

Appealing to me are:
- The stimulus to explosive strength
- Overall carryover to the deadlift (especially with setup, the position you have to maintain, and its alignment with DL cues such as pulling the slack out of the bar)
- No eccentric (which I recently learned) and initiating the pull with a near-horizontal back and hips low puts a lot of speed bumps on casual/accidental cheating
- Good compliment to the bench as it is perhaps its closest mirror and insures even upper body development and strength

Not sure how I feel about this lack of an eccentric though. That portion of the lift accounts for a lot in other exercises.

Pendlay row is fkin KING!