LiftsmithUpper back exercises with barbell
The upper back (rhomboids and mid traps) squeezes your shoulder blades together, for posture and big rows. These 8 exercises train it with barbell. See every upper back exercise or everything you can do with barbell.
- Barbell rowBarbellHinge to about 45° with the bar hanging at your knees.
- Inverted rowSquat rack and BarbellBar at hip height in the rack; hang underneath with straight body.
- Rack pullBarbell and Squat rackBar on the safeties just below the knees.
- Pendlay rowBarbellBack flat and nearly level with the floor, bar on the floor.
- T-bar rowBarbellOne end of a bar in a corner, V-handle under the other end.
- Seal rowBarbell, Flat bench and Plyo box or stepLie face down on a raised bench, bar underneath.
- Landmine rowBarbellStraddle the bar, hands close at the end.
- Snatch-grip deadliftBarbellVery wide grip, hips lower than a normal deadlift.
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