Best Row for Bench Press. Many lifters have a difficult time transferring their lat strength & rowing mechanics to the actual bench press. However, as any powerlifter can tell you one of the most important cues on the bench press is to essentially use your back to row the weight into position. This produces maximal co-contraction of agonist and antagonist muscle groups during the eccentric phase. As a result this promotes optimal reciprocal inhibition (releasing of the antagonists to allow the a