I am unsure of what this exercise is, but it really hit my back. I took a barbell, and layed it on the floor, and put weights on one end. Then I strattled the bar, and rowed with it. I have seen people do this in the gym once in a while. Sometimes they use the narrow lat pulldown handle, and put it on the bar. Is this a T bar row? Is it safe, or will the end with no weights on it roll away or something? I felt like I used better form than I do on the machine type t bar row, and my gym doesnt have the “real” t bar.
Just stick the unweighted end in a corner so it can’t roll away.
You may also need to put a couple of those rubber mats on the non-weighted end after a while because after you have too much weight on there it causes it to flip the light end up in the air. Another trick is to use 25 lb plates so you can go down farther.
BTW… another good back blaster is what I call the upside down row, or horizontal pull ups. put the bar from a smith machine close to the bottom, then prop your feet up on a bench while hanging from the bar facing up. Now just row yourself up. Experiment with different grips and keep the elbows tucked in.
I don’t think there are any exercises left to discover, but I haven’t heard of it yet anywhere else. I came up with it because I was having a lot of lower back problems and wanted to have a exercise that would simulate rowing with no low back stress. Maybe they could even name it after me!! Or they could just call it a horizontal pull up like I do. Gary rows don’t sound too hardcore. Anyway, give them a try. Feels bad in all the right ways. Let me know if anyone has already heard of this movement.
Stay hard,
Gary E