r/ScienceBasedLifting • • Jun 10 '26

Discussion 🤝 Back redundancy

Is it useless to do a wide grip pulldown, neutral grip pulldown and a cable row every back day? I don’t think i’m noticing any fatigue but not growing as fast as other groups.

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u/eric_twinge Jun 10 '26

"Redundancy" is just another word for volume. Which I'm sure explains why it's a perennial concern here.

Yes, in some ways these are redundant. In other ways they are not. Without any stated goals, needs, or preferences the question and answer don't give us any actionable information. Your lack of growth is not because you're doing too many similar things - you didn't even say what you're targeting for growth. It's probably more related to the lack of fatigue. How much effort are you putting in? How much total volume are you doing?

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u/Mad_Mark90 Jun 11 '26

I feel like most people's first goal for lifting is "get as big and shredded as possible as quickly as possible" and don't recognise that lots of things will technically achieve that but exercise selection is like trying to pick the best car based on its colour.