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Originally Posted by Eric3237
 BTW, there are those who will assert that the so called Pendlay or JS row is a barbell row and always has been and that nobody has a right to put their name on it or for their name to be put on it. I.E. it was always proper to deload the bar. I don't know the history of the exercise but let's just say the little birdy I heard it from I respect enough that I will henceforth decist using the term Pendlay or JS rows and just call them barbell rows (that's how I always do them anyway  ). Cuz I hate it when someone pins their name or gets their name pinned on something they had nothing to do with inventing. |
Ask your little birdy if it's better to say:
1) Correct barbell rows
2) Sacrificing form for more weight standing almost straight up barbell rows
I think names get attached to things because it was either popularized or invented to make things easy. If barbell rows were always meant to deload fully on the floor, but the concept was lost through time, then either Pendlay or John Smith reminded everyone which way they should be done, then I can see why that happened. Especially when all the pro's and 90% of the gymrats do them at a 45 degree angle and label them "barbell rows".