Exercise Info
| Level | Beginner |
| Muscle Group | Middle Back |
| Secondary Muscle | Biceps, Lats |
| Exercise Type | Strength |
| Equipment Required | Bodyweight |
| Force Type | Pull |
| rating | 3 |
Tips
- Position yourself so that when you pull up, the bar touches your middle chest. The bar should not be any higher/lower than that.
- Keep your body straight, and dont let your mid section sag in the middle.
- To increase the difficulty add some weight plates on top of your body!
Instructions
- The inverted row is a good exercise for building depth in your upper back. Grab a flat bench and place it length ways in front of the smith machine.
- Adjust the height of the smith machine bar so that it's around 4ft off the floor.
- Position yourself with your heels on the bench and hands grasping the smith machine bar with a slightly wider than shoulder width grip.
- Straighten your body out. This is the starting position.
- Keeping your body straight, pull your upper body up to the bar.
- Pause, and then lower yourself back to the start position.
- Repeat for desired reps.