Lying Cambered Barbell Row

Mid backBarbellBeginnerIsolation
Lying Cambered Barbell Row — start position
Start
Lying Cambered Barbell Row — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryMid back
SecondaryBiceps, Lats, Traps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Place a cambered bar underneath an exercise bench.

  2. 02

    Lie face down on the exercise bench and grab the bar using a palms down (pronated grip) that is wider than shoulder width. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    As you exhale row the bar up as you keep the elbows close to your body to either your chest, in order to target the upper mid back, or to your stomach if targeting the lats is your goal.

  4. 04

    After a second hold at the top, lower back down to the starting position slowly as you inhale.

In the app

Lying Cambered Barbell Row appears when you own a barbell and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a barbell

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With barbell
With bodyweight
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With cable
With kettlebell

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