What muscles do bent-over rows work? Let's take a step back for a second. Before I cover the proper barbell bent-over row technique, it's critical first to take a look at the muscle worked in this exercise. The barbell bent-over row works the whole back. But the main muscles activa...
Moving outward to the side, we have the rear delts, the posterior deltoids. And here we can really see the suboptimality creep in. Just doing vertical and horizontal rows generally isn’t going to cut it for optimum rear delt development. And that might be a reason we see so many people...
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Meadow Rows: Meadow rows get their name from John Meadows aka the Mountain Dog. As he states in the below video, these rows work more of the upper back. They are somewhat of a cross between a one arm t-bar row, but the action is more of that of a one-arm dumbbell row. J Pulld...
you want to increase strength. Other times, you’re focused on how to build muscle. Regardless of your goals, you’re going to need to develop a strong back. For this, finely-tuned accessory exercises come in handy to supplement your bigger lifts — read: the deadlift andbent-over row....