Leverage High Row
How to do the Leverage High Row with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Mid Back
Lats
Machine
How to do the Leverage High Row
- 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.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Leverage High 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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