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!
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 30-50lbs
Intermediate: 55-70lbs
Advanced: 70-100+lbs
*Modification: do bent-over dumbbell rows
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SEATED CABLE ROW (4x10)
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: 80-130... -
SINGLE-ARM DUMBBELL ROW (3x10) PER SIDE
Have a bench in front of you to place one arm and lean over to create an almost table-top position. Hold a dumbbell in your working hand, keep your hips and shoulders squared to the floor as you pull the dumbbell up and in toward your hipbone.
Weight Recommendations:
Beginner: 5-12lbs
Intermed... -
STRAIGHT ARM PUSH DOWN (3x12)
Bend your torso slightly forward & extend your arms up to grab the ropes/bar while you keep a slight bend in your elbows. Engage your core & your lats. Keeping your arms practically straight, pull the ropes/bar down towards your thighs, then slowly released to starting position.
Weight Recommend...
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