Wide Grip Seated Row Exercise to Increase Back Strength

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m personal trainer Mike Coangelo. I’m here at Fit for Life Training Studio in Glassboro, New Jersey on behalf of Expert Village. In this clip, we’re going to go over how to do a wide grip seated row. So, what I’ve done is I’ve taken a lat pull down bar, put it in the seated row mechanism. I’m about an inch away from the lat pull down bar. What we’re going to do is we’re going to take a wide grip this time. Our elbows are going to be pointing out. What we’re going to do is start in our normal position, come back up to the upper chest, squeeze, and return. This is a different angle on the back than your standard seated row. You don’t want to move your back too much. You don’t want this kind of thing. If you’re doing too much weight; if you can’t control it, you need to adjust the weight so that you can control it. Back and squeeze. Again, no quick repetitions or this kind of thing. Momentum and gravity steal your workout results. Again, 12-15 repetitions. Make sure your movements our nice and clean. Toward the end of the set, you should start to feel a burn in your upper back, biceps; and to some extent your rear delts. That is how you do a wide grip seated row. "