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Also known as: Band overhead row.

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Technique

  1. Grasp the band with a wide grip overhead, arms straight and minimal tension in the band.
  2. Widen the grip and pull down the band behind your head.
  3. Continue until the band reaches the level of your neck, then return to the start.

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Form tips

  • Do not let your head tip forward; keep your neck neutral.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Chest
  • Triceps

Secondary

  • Shoulders
  • Biceps
  • Rotator cuff
  • Forearms
  • Rhomboid major
  • Middle trapezius
  • Lower trapezius
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)

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Equipment

Long resistance band
Long resistance band

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Appears in

Joint movements
Elbowextension
Shoulderadductionretraction
trains stretches
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Sitting band row

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Banded overhead press

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Banded chest press

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Banded shoulder adduction

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