This thread confuses me.
When working on your body for strength and not endurance, it's common knowledge to have two sets of routines to go through whenever you workout and switch between them after intervals such as sometime around 4-6 weeks (that's the time period I use, different for everyone I assume).
So I'll work out three times a week, and for the first six weeks I'll do Lat. Rows/Pulldowns, Bench Press, etc. Then, after say, 5 weeks, I'll switch to a new set that are similar such as doing the Bench Press with two dumbbells or at an angle (different but can be helpful).
For Lat. Rows you would kneel on a bench and have a dumbbell in the opposite hand of the knee on the bench and pull upwards. Same style workout, different way though.
Switching between two routine sets like this regularly prevent plateuaing at a certain point.
Also, if you're going for strength, I hope you're doing multiple small sets such as three sets of 12 reps, not two sets of 20 reps. Less reps with more intense sets builds muscle better, whereas longer relaxed sets build endurance.
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