Originally Posted by CowPimp

No one movement is essential, but I think t-bar rows are decent as far as machines go.

Originally Posted by Pedigree

I throw the end of the olympic bar in the corner of my weightroom and load up the other end. No machines for me.
I love t-bar rows.

Originally Posted by Pedigree

I throw the end of the olympic bar in the corner of my weightroom and load up the other end. No machines for me.
I love t-bar rows.

Originally Posted by Pedigree

I throw the end of the olympic bar in the corner of my weightroom and load up the other end. No machines for me.
I love t-bar rows.

Originally Posted by mike456

when you think about it thats like killing the purpose of freeweights, its jammed in the corner, so you don't have to stabilize, just do BB Bent-over Rows, One of the hardest exercises!

Originally Posted by mike456

when you think about it thats like killing the purpose of freeweights, its jammed in the corner, so you don't have to stabilize, just do BB Bent-over Rows, One of the hardest exercises!

Originally Posted by LoadedBats

I think the barbell Row is overrated. i'll save my explanation and just copy and paste this from a Q & A column with CHarles Poliquin. Whom i agree with on this subject.

Q: In both your "Poliquin Principles" book and the Top Seven Upper Back Exercises article, you hardly mention barbell rows. Sure, most guys don't perform the movement correctly. But is that a reason to ignore a great exercise? Could you provide a quick primer in barbell rows just in case we get bored of chin-ups?

A: The reason that I didn't mention barbell rows is simply because I don't believe that they're a great upper back exercise, even when performed correctly. Why? Because there's too much neural drive expended in firing the muscles involved in maintaining the postural aspect of the exercise. The body and mind are in high neural gear as they're firing the erector spinae, glutes, and hamstrings at the same time — so much so that the level of recruitment finally left over for the lats is too minimal to be worth it.

That's why I'd rather stick to variations of one-armed rowing exercises. I can hear the "functionalist cult" already arguing, "What about function? This a primary movement." My answer to that is, if you did a good job in the loading parameters for the squat and deadlifting exercises, why overtrain the posterior chain?

Originally Posted by viet_jon

I use to hate bb bent rows. Never really felt my lats.

I tried dropping the weight by 35%, and now they're one of my fav. exercises.

Originally Posted by LoadedBats

I use them occasionally, but generally i use lighter weight, and really hammer the form. I prefer prone rows with a barbell or the lever t-bar style.

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

...no it doesn't...It's not on a fixed plane. And you hold the same isometric contraction as when doing bent rows, provided you don't lean back and stand up with it...

. I do the ghetto T-bar rows at my studio because we don't have dumbells heavy enough for me to do DB rows and even the cable stack is too light come time to do sets of higher intensity...

Originally Posted by wilwn

it may not be a fixed plane, but it is a fixed arc, assuming the fixed end doesn't move.

Originally Posted by wilwn

it may not be a fixed plane, but it is a fixed arc, assuming the fixed end doesn't move.

Originally Posted by viet_jon

I use to hate bb bent rows. Never really felt my lats.

I tried dropping the weight by 35%, and now they're one of my fav. exercises.

Originally Posted by LoadedBats

I use them occasionally, but generally i use lighter weight, and really hammer the form. I prefer prone rows with a barbell or the lever t-bar style.


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Originally Posted by AKIRA

I thought that row was called a "spider row."

Originally Posted by Pedigree

I throw the end of the olympic bar in the corner of my weightroom and load up the other end. No machines for me.
I love t-bar rows.