T-Bar Row with Handle

Mid backBarbellBeginnerCompound
T-Bar Row with Handle — start position
Start
T-Bar Row with Handle — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryMid back
SecondaryBiceps, Lats

How to do it

  1. 01

    Position a bar into a landmine or in a corner to keep it from moving. Load an appropriate weight onto your end.

  2. 02

    Stand over the bar, and position a Double D row handle around the bar next to the collar. Using your hips and legs, rise to a standing position.

  3. 03

    Assume a wide stance with your hips back and your chest up. Your arms should be extended. This will be your starting position.

  4. 04

    Pull the weight to your upper abdomen by retracting the shoulder blades and flexing the elbows. Do not jerk the weight or cheat during the movement.

  5. 05

    After a brief pause, return to the starting position.

In the app

T-Bar Row with Handle 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
With dumbbell
With cable
With kettlebell

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