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Straight Bar Bench Mid Rows
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Straight Bar Bench Mid Rows

Place a loaded barbell on the end of a bench. Standing on the bench behind the bar, take a medium, pronated grip. Stand with your hips back and chest up, maintaining a neutral spine. This will be your starting position.

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About This Exercise

Place a loaded barbell on the end of a bench. Standing on the bench behind the bar, take a medium, pronated grip. Stand with your hips back and chest up, maintaining a neutral spine. This will be your starting position.

1Setup

Place a loaded barbell on the end of a bench. Standing on the bench behind the bar, take a medium, pronated grip. Stand with your hips back and chest up, maintaining a neutral spine. This will be your starting position.

2Execution

Row the bar to your torso by retracting the shoulder blades and flexing the elbows. Use a controlled movement with no jerking. After a brief pause, slowly return the bar to the starting position, ensuring to go all the way down.

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Muscles Worked

Front

Back

Primary

Middle Back
Biceps
Lats

Secondary

How to programme it

Sets3
Default reps12
Rest60 sec
Movement patternPush
Movement typeCompound

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