Technique
- Place your body at an angle; the more vertical, the easier it will be.
- Open your legs wide.
- Row with one arm, driving the elbow back and aiming to get your pulling hand to your torso.
- Lower down with control.
Form tips
- Avoid twisting your body: aim to keep it “square”, facing forward.
Logging: Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Rotator cuff
- Back
- Shoulders
- Triceps
- Biceps
- Forearms
Secondary
- Obliques
- Spine
- Neck
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Teres minor
- Teres major
- Posterior deltoid
- Middle trapezius
- Latissimus dorsi
- Rhomboid major
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Biceps brachii (short head)
- Brachialis
- Brachioradialis
- Lower trapezius
Equipment
Appears in
Joint movements
Progressions
Incline one-arm row
Intermediate
Straddle one-arm row
Advanced
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