Exercise guide

One-Arm Dumbbell Row – Build Your Back

Row clean, pause at the top, and control the lowering.

Zielmuskeln

Muscles used

The visual shows which muscle areas are mainly and secondarily involved in this exercise.

Primary
Latissimus Oberer Rücken
Secondary
Bizeps Unterarme Core
Video

Training video

Short technique clips for proper execution, common mistakes and key details of this exercise.

Target muscles

Lats, mid-back, rear delts

Execution

  • Keep a neutral spine.
  • Brace your core.
  • Row the elbow toward the hip.
  • Pause briefly at the top.
  • Lower slowly and under control.

Common mistakes

  • Rounding the back.
  • Yanking with momentum.
  • Elbow flaring too wide.

Progression

More load, longer pauses, slower eccentrics.

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