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The Barbell Row For General Back Training

Barbell rows are one of the greatest exercises you can do for your back, but you have to make sure you do them correctly. Here is how!

Barbell Rows

It’s no exaggeration when I say that barbell rows are the Swiss knife of back exercises, making them my second most favorite back exercise right after pull-ups.

Why? Well, they don’t only exercise your lats, but also your middle and lower traps, the rear delts, the rhomboids, the rotary cuff and more. For good measure you even get some brachialis and forearms thrown in. But key to do them is to keep your back straight and the elbows in:

Elbows In, Back Straight, Seriously!

Once more, you have to do the exercise correctly to really target all the muscles we talked about above. If you find yourself moving the upper body or that your arms are flaring out, use less weight!

Can You Use Them To Get Better At Pull-Ups?

Maybe, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Barbell rows have no true target muscle, although they do involve the lats of course, while pull-ups involve a lot of muscles, but have the lats as clear target. For the fastest possible improvement in number of pull-ups you therefore have to do pull-ups.

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6 Comments

  1. Jess says:
    June 6, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    One of my favorite exercises for sure!!

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    • evilcyber says:
      June 6, 2013 at 9:10 pm

      Same here! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Dr. J says:
    June 6, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    Very nice demonstration! Too many people have back injuries that limit their lives that could have been prevented by exercises like these!

    Thank you!

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    • evilcyber says:
      June 6, 2013 at 9:11 pm

      Yes, ever since I actively train my back, I have just about no pain in that area.

      Reply
  3. shrenik says:
    June 18, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    what is the suggested ROM? i.e is it necessary for the bar to touch ur waist or is the rep completed as soon as ur elbows are even with ur truNk as many trainers suggest?
    also my BB rows are limited by my Erector strength how to improve on them? 🙁

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    • evilcyber says:
      June 19, 2013 at 4:12 pm

      In my opinion you should pull up until you touch the waist, but everyone does it a bit differently.

      If your erector spinae lacks in strength, train the erector spinae 😉

      http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/ErectorSpinae/Superman.html

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