re: OT Workout Brethren: Benching 2x per week..

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Done correctly, pullups are the best single back exercise in terms of muscles activated and an exercise that strengthens tendons and connective tissues that helps to mitigate common injuries.

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I'm not denying that - and I encourage him to do assisted (albeit with 1 leg) pullups, pullups if he can and, safely, DB rows. The problem is that he's pressing, pressing, pressing, pressing - and absolutely no posterior chain or back exercises to speak of, except pullups as an afterthought in his post. I would assume he's at least planning on 1 set of pullups for every set of BP, perhaps more.

Now, he seems like a sophisticated lifter and actually understands that - those of us pointing out the deficiency are not knocking him - as he has more fully described his limitations, I understand what he is going through.