A brutal one-arm row that lights up your lats and upper back.
Let your shoulder blade stretch forward at the bottom for a bigger pull.
Rowing one end of a landmine bar with an overhand grip on the thick sleeve pulls your lats and upper back through a long arc, with a huge stretch at the bottom as the shoulder blade reaches forward. The biceps assist the pull while the fat sleeve quietly hammers your grip. Working one side at a time, it exposes and fixes the difference between your strong and weak sides.
It is named after the late bodybuilder John Meadows, who popularised rowing the sleeve end of a landmine barbell as a lat builder. The setup and the deep stretch at the bottom are his signature details.
Yes, and most people should once the weight climbs, because the thick sleeve exhausts your grip long before your back is done. Save the strapless sets for grip work, not back work.
The landmine path arcs up and back toward your hip rather than pulling straight up, and the elbow-out overhand grip biases the upper back and rear delt side of the lats. The stretch at the bottom is also longer than most dumbbell setups allow.
