Chest Supported Incline Row (Barbell)
Trains the upper back. You need a barbell. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Chest Supported Incline Row (Barbell)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a upper back exercise that is, there are 13 on the Upper Back page.
Muscles worked
What Chest Supported Incline Row (Barbell) trains
Technique
How to do the Chest Supported Incline Row (Barbell)
- Lie chest-down on an incline bench with your feet braced. Hold a barbell below you with an overhand grip (palms facing down), hands shoulder-width apart and arms straight.
- Pull the barbell towards your upper abdomen, driving your elbows up and back and keeping them close to your body.
- Squeeze your shoulder blades together at the top, bringing the bar up to the bench.
- Lower the barbell with control until your arms are fully straight. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your chest on the bench the whole time; lifting off it turns the row into a swing.
- Pull with your back, not your arms: drive your elbows towards the ceiling.
- Exhale as you pull the bar up and inhale as you lower it.
- Use a weight you can bring all the way up to the bench without jerking.
Substitutes
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Let the app run the Chest Supported Incline Row (Barbell) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.