Supposin'

[Gluesniffer]

Supposin' there is this guy who doesn't do deadlifts because it strains his knees and interferes with his cardio training. Supposin' his current back workout looks like this:

American Rowing 4x8
Close grip pullups 4x6
Lat pulldowns 4x8
Shrugs 4x8

Supposin' this guy thinks this might not be ideal. What should this guy do?

[Bouncer]

lighten up the deads and do them nice and slow. 12 reps. bend knees only slightly.

[Mr I]

seated rows, T bar, bent rows,

ps what are american rows? are they like normal ones but with a pussy weight and lots of shouting ?

[Konitz]

seated rows, T bar, bent rows,

ps what are american rows? are they like normal ones but with a pussy weight and lots of shouting ?

That's what the Cubans do to get here...

[Gluesniffer]

seated rows, T bar, bent rows,

ps what are american rows? are they like normal ones but with a pussy weight and lots of shouting ?

LOL. No, that's what they call seated cable rows over here.

Another limitation would be that we don't have bars at the university gym where I'm training, and DBs go only to 30kg, so I have to get my backtraining from cables, pulls or maybe machines, but all rows seem like basically the same movement to me, and I've heard that lat pulldow isn't that effective.

[Bouncer]

I've heard that lat pulldow isn't that effective.

you heard wrong. :agreed:

[Gluesniffer]

So adding the light deads should be fine without dropping anything. Good, I'll try it out.

[Nekrawulf]

IM supposing you need to kind the muscular inbalance that is causing your knees strain.

You could have overactive quads that are placing uneven load across your mniscus complex, calves could be so tight they are causing an outward rotation of the kinetic chain of of the legs...... or a myraid of other issues.

IF YOU HAVE A CONSTANT PAIN OR TWINGE WHILE LIFtING, the correct answer is not to continue to make the imbalance larger.

It must be addressed, or you will be injured.

Find yourself a corrective exercise specialist.