Barbell Row instead of Lever Row?

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I am on the Time Crunch program and am wondering if I can substitute Barbell Row for Lever Row as the supplemental deadlift on day 3. The program has Pendlay Row myoreps on Day 1, but I was thinking about doing Barbell Row 1 rep@8, followed by 1 set of 5@9, then 2 sets of 5 at 76% of 1RM.

Anything to lose by doing this?

Thanks for any advice.

Sunil

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Barbell row is a reasonable substitution although I dare say lever row was programmed there for the variation and to avoid repetition during the programmed week. Can you dumbbell row, which is closer to lever rows? I would keep the set and rep scheme the same as programmed.

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Thanks for the reply. I can do Lever Rows, I am only one week into the program and like doing heavy Barbell Rows instead of the myoreps at 60% of my 1RM. But that’s just me whining. I’ll do the program as written.

BTW, for the myoreps on Lever Row, do you do 12 reps on one side followed immediately by 12 on the other side, then do the subsequent sets the same way?

Sunil

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For one arm myoreps you do all the reps with one arm first, then the other. So left arm 12 reps + 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 3 (for example). Finish completely the left arm then do the same with the right arm. Or right arm first then left, whatever works for you.

Myoreps are programmed for a reason, for time efficient hypertrophy. Heavy barbell rows for sets of 5 do not really fit the bill for time efficient hypertrophy. Give the program a shot as written as you mentioned for the first go through.

Heavier barbell Pendlay rows come in other programs such as the Bridge (v1 and v3) and 12 Week Strength for sets of 10 reps. The rep scheme you state is for the competition lifts, not for supplemental lifts. The barbell Pendlay row is a supplemental lift.

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