Exercise of the Week: Inverted Row (feet elevated) – This compound exercise has a general full back focus and provides easier and more difficult options.

Exercise of the Week: Inverted Row (feet elevated) – This compound exercise has a general full back focus and provides easier and more difficult options.

Inverted  Row (feet elevated)

Instructions Preparation Lay on back under fixed horizontal bar. Grasp bar  with wide overhand grip. Place back of heels on elevated surface. Execution Keeping body straight, pull body up to bar.  Return until arms are extended and shoulders are stretched forward. Repeat. Comments Fixed bar should be just high enough to allow arm  to fully extend. Placing back of heels on elevated surface is optional. This  exercise is typically performed without added resistance although additional  weight can be placed on belly or pelvis. Partner can add and removing weight,  and keep weight from sliding off belly. Resistance can be reduced by raising  bar and positioning heels on floor. See Gravity Vectors for greater understanding  of body angle influences resistance. Also known as Body Row or Supine Row. Easier Resistance can be reduced by placing feet on  floor.  Inverted Row Harder This exercise is typically performed without  added resistance although additional weight can be placed on belly or pelvis. Weighted

Classification  Utility: Basic or Auxiliary  Mechanics: Compound  Force: Pull Muscles Target Back, General Synergists Trapezius, Middle Trapezius, Lower Rhomboids Latissimus Dorsi Teres Major Deltoid, Posterior Infraspinatus Teres Minor Brachialis Brachioradialis Pectoralis Major,        Sternal Dynamic  Stabilizers Biceps Brachii Triceps, Long Head Stabilizers Erector Spinae Hamstrings Gluteus Maximus Antagonist  Stabilizers Rectus Abdominis Obliques