Beginner exercise
Leverage High Row
Also called High Row Machine, Seated High Row
Technique
How to perform Leverage High Row
- Load an appropriate weight onto the pins and adjust the seat height so that you can just reach the handles above you.
- Adjust the knee pad to help keep you down.
- Grasp the handles with a pronated grip.
- This will be your starting position.
- Pull the handles towards your torso, retracting your shoulder blades as you flex the elbow.
- Pause at the bottom of the motion, and then slowly return the handles to the starting position.
- For multiple repetitions, avoid completely returning the weight to the stops to keep tension on the muscles being worked.
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Programming relevance
Muscles involved
Primary targets: Latissimus Dorsi, Rhomboid Major, Trapezius.
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