Bent-Over Row | How To Perform It Correctly And Safely | Men's Health UK

The bent-over row is a closed chain activity, targeting the bigger global muscles, but you’ll also get some great recruitment of your trunk stabilisers.

How To Do It:

How:
1️⃣ Slightly flexed knee
2️⃣ Hinge over from hip – try this without any load first
3️⃣ Maintain a neutral spine with your hands shoulder-width apart
4️⃣ To ensure full range of motion is occurring, think about pulling your elbows behind you and hold for one second before controlling the load back down
5️⃣ Ensure the line of pull is into the belly button and not into the sternum (this isn’t an upright row)
❎ Don’t go too heavy and begin to jerk the load up
❎ Keep torso position consistent throughout, losing the hinging position will reduce range of motions.

[JasonFolk]

I wasn't a fan of this one but now i actually enjoy it lol. I Follow mikes hit plan this was one i progressed alot on

[primaltrainer]

Thank you. I came to this video because my formation felt off.

[EnormeEkoH]

Thanks, i was too low with the chest and felt huge biceps work, will try it asap

[thafunkive]

this is the only exercise that I hear my brain yelling at me to drop the weight lol

[abdulrehmanshaik]

Thanks so much, been trying to figure this out for ages

[mhktraining]

Would be good if you touched on wrist position. A lot of people, especially under heavy loads tend to flex at the wrist

[smokingblues]

Far more better? Far better!? Yes better😂

[wastariq]

Your supposed to over extend when bringing the bar down fully stretching your arms arny use to stand on a bench and fully extent his arms much as possible

[SpiritusFrumenti]

I do bent over rows without the ideal hinge kinda like the example he gave of how NOT to do it. The reason being it isnt comfortable for me. I do pendlay as part of my programming for this reason to kind of get whatever i am not while doing the bent over row. I enjoy doing them because its a good way to over load. I do limit my body english though

[jorian]

my issue is when i hinge i’m feeling the pressure in my lower back

[Stinger]

Pull the elbows towards the spine for better contraction.

[Mazzeha]

I've got a belly and couldn't do it to my belly button, so I drop lower and to chest 🤷

[cheepchips]

I didn't know shorts were 3yrs old.. oof

[Matt-pwth]

I feel it on my shoulders when I pull not my back why

[bloodeagle]

When I try to bend down that much, my lower back hurts

[orangemaniabrother]

I shrug backwards at the top too, there wasn't any of that here. Why not milk every bit of the movement? Get the traps some more work

[joecarroll]

Crazy how much of a joke men’s health US is compared to this 😂

[scorchrp]

Rows over knees not good? Dont tell Yates that

[damo]

Old, pro bodybuilders NEVER do the full range of motion on this. Dont F your tendons and joints.

[anthonycook]

Jeff said don’t bend over that much and don’t pull into your stomach to pull higher who do you believe theses days it a joke