The Pendlay row is a dead-stop barbell row designed to build explosive pulling power and a stronger, thicker back. Here’s why strength coaches rate it so highly, how it differs from standard rows, and ...

There’s a particular type of exercise you should rely on to build a stronger back: rows. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of variations of this fundamental back exercise. The king of rows is the ...

YOU CAN BUILD your back muscles using all kinds of exercises (trust us, we know just about all of them), but few are as effective as the classic barbell row. The move is a bodybuilding staple for a ...

Because the torso remains parallel to the floor, the Pendlay row places a high demand on the mid-back muscles, including the lats, rhomboids, traps and rear delts, helping to build torso width and ...