Smith Reverse Grip Bent Over Row
Description
The smith reverse grip bent over row uses a smith machine with a supinated underhand grip. The grip pulls the elbows tight against the body and biases the lower lats and biceps. The fixed bar path makes it easy to focus on pulling.
Muscle Group
Equipment Required
Smith Reverse Grip Bent Over Row Instructions
- Set up a smith machine bar at knee height.
- Stand facing the bar with feet shoulder width apart.
- Grip the bar with an underhand reverse grip at shoulder width.
- Unrack the bar and step back.
- Hinge forward at the hips with a flat back.
- Brace your core and let the bar hang at arms length.
- Pull the bar up to the belly button by driving the elbows back.
- Squeeze the lats hard. Lower with control.
Smith Reverse Grip Bent Over Row Form & Visual
Smith Reverse Grip Bent Over Row Benefits
- Strong lat builder
- Reverse grip biases lower lats
- Trains the biceps
- Builds back thickness
- Useful back move
- Strong machine move
Smith Reverse Grip Bent Over Row Muscles Worked
- Latissimus dorsi
- Biceps brachii
- Rhomboids
- Posterior deltoid
Smith Reverse Grip Bent Over Row Variations & Alternatives
- Yates Row
- Bent Over Row
- T-Bar Row
- Cable Row
