Inverted Rows / Reverse Pull-ups
- Set the bar to your waist height.
- Lie on your back under the bar.
- Reach up and grip the bar with an overhand grip with both hands.
- Keeping your body straight, pull yourself up towards the bar by pulling your elbows as far back as you can and trying to touch the bar with your chest.
- Hold and squeeze your arm and back muscles.
- Lower yourself back to the start position in a controlled motion.
- Repeat.
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Inverted rows / reverse pull-ups is a gym exercise that targets lower back and upper back & lower traps and also works abs and biceps and shoulders. Use the illustration and instructions above to learn how to perform this exercise with proper form. Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Contralateral limb raises, single / one arm dumbbell bench rows and battle bilateral waves. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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