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Wide-grip inverted row

A compound exercise for the upper back and rear delts, with help from the lats, biceps. Equipment: squat rack and barbell.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Under a racked bar, hands well outside the shoulders.
  2. Pull the chest to the bar, elbows wide
  3. Lower to straight arms

Muscles worked

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

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