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Lying Cambered Barbell Row
Lying Cambered Barbell Row is a beginner strength exercise using barbell. It works the middle back, with help from the biceps, lats and traps.
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- Main muscles
- middle back
- Also works
- biceps, lats, traps
How to do it
- Place a cambered bar underneath an exercise bench.
- Lie face down on the exercise bench and grab the bar using a palms down (pronated grip) that is wider than shoulder width. This will be your starting position.
- As you exhale row the bar up as you keep the elbows close to your body to either your chest, in order to target the upper mid back, or to your stomach if targeting the lats is your goal.
- After a second hold at the top, lower back down to the starting position slowly as you inhale.
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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).