FT Questions....

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If an exercise works that well for you, it'd be a damn shame not to use it!

I think you could use them for MR's for sure (DB Rows are brutal for MRs) and I see no huge issue with doing them as a Loading Set. It will just make for a bit of a different rest interval for one side vs. the other, but you'd still use the same rule that the rest interval start when you're actually at the next exercise and truly resting (not walking there, not changing weights, etc.)

For Loading sets, I'd hit the side which is weaker / smaller (first), if there is one, so you're not at all gassed when you start the set for that side.

And, you could def. do them for a pump set - just keep the reps continuous. They are a bit ballistic (how I think Janae intends them to be done), so you could slow these down a bit and really make them into a regular DB row for pump sets, but I think the nature of what your'e wanting from this exercise comes from the activation pattern that's brought about from just going to f*$@ing town on the exercise. (So, yes, this exercise is a pretty neurologically demanding, so it wouldn't be my first choice for a pump set.) Instead, I'd probably do a DB row lying face down on an incline bench, which makes for a super strict movement. (This is one is also nice in that you have a bench and are near the DB's and can superset the DB rows with a DB fly / press Pump set... )

GREAT QUESTION!!!

-S

P.S. As an addendum - if someone's got a technique, exercise, etc. that works / has worked really well for them, I'm ALL for making use of that strategy if at all possible, even if that means breaking a "rule" of FT. The more important rule is figuring out what works!

Thank you Scott for full answer
will try to use it