Rack Pulls
- Set up a power rack station so that the rack is at your knee height.
- Bend your knees as you drive your hips back. Keep your chest up.
- Grab the barbell with an overhand or mixed grip, based on comfort and preference level.
- Maintain a flat back as you stand up straight and drive your hips forward.
- Pause then slowly return to the starting point.
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Rack pulls is a gym work out exercise that targets lower back and also involves abs and hamstrings and quadriceps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Barbell deadlifts, rack pulls and barbell good mornings are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as rack pulls. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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