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Bodyweight Mid Row

How to do the Bodyweight Mid Row with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Mid Back

Secondary

Biceps, Lats

Equipment

Other

Step by step

How to do the Bodyweight Mid Row

  1. 1

    Begin by taking a medium to wide grip on a pull-up apparatus with your palms facing away from you. From a hanging position, tuck your knees to your chest, leaning back and getting your legs over your side of the pull-up apparatus. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Beginning with your arms straight, flex the elbows and retract the shoulder blades to raise your body up until your legs contact the pull-up apparatus.

  3. 3

    After a brief pause, return to the starting position.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Bodyweight Mid Row set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your mid back volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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