131/365 Another Way to Row

Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,

Rowing exercises are a great way to strengthen your back. By using cables instead of fixed machines, you can manipulate gravity so that the exercise works you differently. This is a squatting row

1. Align cable column so that the cable is a little below your pelvis. Grab the handlebar attached to a cable with both hands. Take steps backward away from the column to increases resistance.
2.  Squat down so that cable is now between your xiphoid process and belly button. Make sure your lower back is arched so you don't strain yourself.
3. Start contraction with arms fully extended. Imagine that there's a ball on your spine. Squeeze the ball by flexing your elbows and retracting your shoulder blades. Slowly return arms to start position. Keep squatting the entire time.

This exercise works your trapezius, rhomboids, biceps, brachioradialis, brachialis, posterior deltoid, quadriceps and hamstrings. Squatting makes this exercise more challenging and forces you to engage more muscles as opposed to a seated row.

In health,

Lauren