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Free Weight · Barbell

Barbell Row

Muscles worked

  • Lats
  • Rhomboids
  • Traps
  • Rear Delts
  • Biceps
  • Lower Back
  • Forearms

How to do it

  1. Hinge forward to about 45 degrees with a flat back and hold the bar just outside your knees
  2. Pull it into your lower ribs, driving your elbows back
  3. Lower it under control without standing up

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