How to Do the Leverage High Row

Beginner · Machine · Targets Middle Back, Lats

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Leverage High Row demonstration
💪 Middle Back, Lats🏋️ Machine📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength

How to perform it

  1. Load an appropriate weight onto the pins and adjust the seat height so that you can just reach the handles above you. Adjust the knee pad to help keep you down. Grasp the handles with a pronated grip. This will be your starting position.
  2. Pull the handles towards your torso, retracting your shoulder blades as you flex the elbow.
  3. Pause at the bottom of the motion, and then slowly return the handles to the starting position.
  4. For multiple repetitions, avoid completely returning the weight to the stops to keep tension on the muscles being worked.

Muscles worked

The Leverage High Row primarily targets your Middle Back, with support from your Lats. You'll need machine.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Leverage High Row slots into a plan built for your goal — sets and reps set in the plan, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly check-in that adjusts your calories, macros and step goal.

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