Light Rows for DayzZz

Training Q&A [Moderated]
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Hi All!

I noticed that for a lot of your training templates, you prescribe Rows by sets of 10 or more reps. Can you provide a short explanation as to why?

I’ve gathered from my interpretation of your resources and others that a strong deadlift would be beneficial to a stronger row. However, my 1RM for deadlift is 505lbs, but seeing as how the templates call for reps close to ~12 reps, I can never progress past 165lbs for 12 solid, good reps. Before trying this rep range, I was able to do 255 for 3 sets of 5, with progress showing for the future (increased weight on the bar).

Would not a rep range of ~5 reps be more beneficial to strength progression, especially on the 12 week strength template (non-press template)?

Thank you for your refreshing intelligence on strength training!

-Particular_Perkins

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For fun, let’s turn this around and have you think about it some more.

Why would we program / do rows at all?

What are the cost / benefit trade-offs between programming them for fewer, heavier sets of 5 versus more, lighter sets of > 5 reps?