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Exercise Details

Target Muscle Group

Middle Back

Equipment Required

High Row Machine

Experience Level

Beginner

Force Type

Pull

Secondary Muscles

Lats, Biceps, Shoulders

Exercise Description

The high row machine builds a strong, thick middle back while improving posture. It targets your rhomboids and mid-traps to pull your shoulders back and fight hunching.

How To

1. Sit on the high row machine with your chest up and feet flat on the floor. 2. Grab the handles with an overhand grip, arms fully extended in front of you. 3. Pull your shoulder blades back first, then drive your elbows behind your body. 4. Squeeze your middle back muscles hard at the top of the high row machine movement. 5. Slowly return to the starting position with control, feeling the stretch in your back.

Form Tips

• Keep your chest up and shoulders back throughout the entire high row machine movement. • Pull with your back muscles, not your arms - think about squeezing your shoulder blades together. • Don't lean back or use momentum to move the weight. • Control the negative portion - don't let the weight slam back to the starting position.

Common Mistakes

• Using too much weight on the high row machine and compensating with poor form and momentum. • Pulling with the arms instead of initiating the movement with the shoulder blades and back muscles. • Leaning back excessively or rounding the shoulders forward during the high row machine exercise.

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