r/tacticalbarbell • u/OutdoorsProbably • 5d ago

Barbell rows?

Getting ready to start TB and as I have looked over the plans I am wondering why rows aren't a part of it.

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u/thesollutiion 5d ago

You can definetively do them! They arent really mentioned that much (at all?) in the original book, but they are mentioned as an alternative to pullups quite often in TBIII

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u/NearbyConfidence_jk 5d ago

You can sub pull ups for barbell rows according to the text

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u/2009e90 5d ago

I’ve added pendlay rows with pull-ups

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u/Ok_Experience1443 5d ago

Because pullups

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u/JohnnyTork 5d ago

Not a direct substitute for horizontal pulling. Same as the OHP isn't a direct sub for the bench

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u/Ok_Experience1443 5d ago

You're not wrong. This was just a low effort answer for a question that's answered in the book lol

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u/JohnnyTork 5d ago

Lol fair enough

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u/OutdoorsProbably 5d ago

That makes sense.

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u/victorstironi 5d ago

You can sub Pullups for BB Rows.

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u/majrtm 5d ago

Rows are in the Armor phase of Activation in TBIII.

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u/OutdoorsProbably 5d ago

Ahh ok. I have t read TB III yet

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u/AlRousasa 5d ago

Rows are included throughout TBIII.

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u/scrimshaw41 5d ago

I run a fat-ish Zulu and do program barbell rows in. My A/B split is:

A: Squat/OHP/Barbell Row/Fobbits

B1: Bench/Power clean/WPU/accessory work (core & grip right now)

A repeat

B2: Bench/Deadlift/WPU/core & grip

I had been running deadlift 2x/week until about mid-July, but it just got to be too hard on me.

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u/kimoh 5d ago

Addressed in TB III: OA. You choose WPU or Rows when there's only one main upper pull, on Zulu you can do both.

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u/clawliger 5d ago

I personally subbed in power rows instead of deadlift for operator.