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Alternative to rows?

kay_der
kay_der Posts: 24
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Hi ladies,
I am coming up on my 6 month 5x5 anniversary and I need some advice. I really, really, hate Pendlay rows. Almost enough to find another program, which I don't want to do, since I love all the other lifts.

Can anyone recommend another lift that works about the same muscles? One of my goals is to get to 10 unassisted pull ups. What do you think about dropping the rows to work on that goal?

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  • Amazing1985RSD
    Amazing1985RSD Posts: 280
    Try power cleans. It may take a while to learn how to do them, but they are a lot of fun.

    This is from SSBBT3

    "First, barbell rows are not a substitute for power cleans. If you use them for this purpose, you have
    decided to omit a more important exercise in favor of an assistance exercise, an easier movement that does not
    provide most of the benefits of the more important basic exercise. I say this because of the prevalence of this
    substitution since the second edition of this book was published. Power cleans are one of the primary constituents
    of the program, and barbell rows – useful as they may be to intermediate lifters – are not."
  • lwoodroff
    lwoodroff Posts: 1,431 Member
    Yes, I'm trying to work up the courage to do PCs. I think they will be a lot more fun too!
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    I hate Pendlays too so I don't do them! I do Bent Over Back Rows instead.
  • arabianhorselover
    arabianhorselover Posts: 1,488 Member
    Funny. The rows are my favorite so far.
  • kay_der
    kay_der Posts: 24
    Thanks to all of you! I will certainly check out power cleans. I have watched a few videos and they intimidated the heck out of me, but they do look fun. I'll look at the bent over back rows as well.
  • aliciaje
    aliciaje Posts: 83
    I do Inverted Rows, just because doing barbell or Pendlay rows seemed too hard to master the form when I started. Now I have a goal to do 3 sets of 10 Inverted Rows perfectly. They will probably help you on hitting your chin up goal too.

    http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/inverted-row
  • Amazing1985RSD
    Amazing1985RSD Posts: 280
    This girl is only 15 years old and can snatch 68 kilos.

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  • kay_der
    kay_der Posts: 24
    This girl is only 15 years old and can snatch 68 kilos.

    1383162_572498352804993_1626532797_n.jpg

    Holy crap! She is so much cooler than me!
  • cats847
    cats847 Posts: 131
    You can do pull-ups/ assisted pull-ups
  • Will_Thrust_For_Candy
    Will_Thrust_For_Candy Posts: 6,109 Member
    When I got to that point I started doing bent over rows instead, pulling from the bottom pin on my rack.

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