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RORR

horizontal pull

Inverted Row

back · biceps · core

bodyweight · beginner

How to do it

  1. 1Lie under a sturdy bar or table edge and grip it.
  2. 2Keeping your body straight, pull your chest to the bar, then lower.

What to think about

  • Walk your feet further out to make it harder.

What usually goes wrong

  • Letting the hips sag behind the chest.

Worth knowing

  • Check whatever you are pulling on will take your weight.

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Instead of this

Seated Cable RowThe same movement, at the same level.Single-Arm Dumbbell RowThe same movement, at the same level.Barbell Bent-Over RowThe same movement, a step harder when you are ready for it.

What the cautions rest on

The safety points above come from these, not from house opinion.

Every claim RORR makes, with its references

Who checked this

Nobody qualified has. These are standard coaching points and ordinary gym safety, written down: how to set the thing up, what to control, and when to stop a set. They are not a clinical opinion and no physiotherapist or strength coach has read them back. If they disagree with somebody who can actually see you lift, believe that person.