Pendlay row

noun

A row variation where the bar is grabbed from the ground for each repetition which forces greater range of motion and precludes momentum.

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Meanings

nounPendlay row (plural Pendlay rows)

plural Pendlay rows

  1. A row variation where the bar is grabbed from the ground for each repetition which forces greater range of motion and precludes momentum.

Origin

Spread in the 20·00s after American weighlifting coach Glenn Pendlay.

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Pendlay row. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pendlay%20row

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“Pendlay row.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pendlay%20row. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pendlay row,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pendlay%20row.

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