Grab the bar with your palms facing forward, as you pull, slightly lean back to pull the bar into your chest & make sure to engage your lats & your core throughout the movement!
Beginner: 30-50lbs
Intermediate: 55-70lbs
Advanced: 70-100+lbs
*Modification: do bent-over dumbbell rows
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SEATED CABLE ROW (3x12)
Sit up tall with a flat back / engaged core & and pull your elbows back toward your hipbones pinching your shoulder blades together & squeezing your back muscles the whole time. Slowly return to starting position.
Weight recommendations:
Beginner: 20-45lbs
Intermediate: 50-75lbs
Advanced: 80-1... -
SINGLE-ARM CABLE ROW (3x12) PER SIDE
Attach a single handle to a cable set at chest height and grab it with one hand, standing or kneeling in a staggered stance with a slight hinge at the hips. Pull the handle toward your hip, driving your elbow back and squeezing your shoulder blade at the top, then slowly extend your arm back to s...
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BICEP CURL (3x12)
Hold the dumbbells by your side, as you lift, slightly rotate your palm to face forward. Keep the elbow close to your body as you curl the dumbbell up toward your shoulders. Squeeze your biceps at the top of the movement then slowly return to starting position.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner:...
