Barbell bent over row
Upper back Barbell
How to do it
- 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent.
- 2Hinge forward at the hips, keeping your back straight and your chest up.
- 3Grasp the barbell with an overhand grip, hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- 4Pull the barbell toward your lower chest by retracting your shoulder blades and contracting your back muscles.
- 5Pause briefly at the top and then slowly lower the barbell back to the starting position.
- 6Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
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See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

