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Wide dumbbell row

A compound exercise for the upper back and rear delts, with help from the lats, traps. Equipment: dumbbells.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Hinge forward, dumbbells hanging, palms facing your legs.
  2. Row with the elbows flared out to the sides
  3. Squeeze the shoulder blades, then lower

Muscles worked

Wide dumbbell row: 3D figure mid-rep with the upper back and rear delts highlighted

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