I'm a lucky guy. Earlier in my training career, I had the luxury of seeking my strength goals in private sanctuaries, instead of having to fight for space at the commercial rack. Ok, I did most of those workouts in my garage, but I also had access to some very nice private gyms.
Due to life events (i.e., children and work), I've been forced to train at an LA Fitness gym in Tucson, Arizona, for the past 10 years. In that time, I've seen it snow in Tucson more often than I've seen anyone at that gym perform "the fourth powerlift," the bent-over barbell row. That's a shame because these classic rows can pave the way to major PRs.
The gateway to gains
It was Larry Pacifico, winner of nine straight IPF World Powerlifting Championships from 1971-1979, who added the bent-over row to the triad of bench press, deadlift, and squat to form his quartet of foundational powerlifting exercises. This version of the row was popular up through the 1990s, about the time when powerlifter Josh...
Source: The Fourth Powerlift: Your Gateway To Massive Gains
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