Barbell Row’s are a full body, compound exercise, that work your whole back, arms and hips. This exercise is a great one to add to your arsenal for a full body workout. For more information, take a look at one of our fitness classes for expert guidance.
How its done
Set Up
- Feet hip width apart
- Hinged at the hip with soft knees and a neutral spinal posture aiming for an angle between 45* and 70*
- Keep the bar close to your legs
Up Phase
- Holding your posture still
- Pull the bar up towards your belly button
- Retract those shoulder blades
- Think about squeezing something between them
Muscles Action
- Concentric loads through posterior chain (Latissimus dorsi , Posterior deltoid, Biceps).
- Isometric loads through the entire posterior and anterior chain holding body’s posture and griping the bar.
Down Phase
- On the way down control the bar down slowly in the same way it went up.
Muscles Action
- Eccentric loads through posterior chain (Latissimus dorsi , Posterior deltoid, Biceps).
- Isometric loads through the entire posterior and anterior chain holding body’s posture and griping the bar.
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