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Straight Bar Bench Mid Rows

How to do the Straight Bar Bench Mid Rows 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

Barbell

Step by step

How to do the Straight Bar Bench Mid Rows

  1. 1

    Place a loaded barbell on the end of a bench. Standing on the bench behind the bar, take a medium, pronated grip. Stand with your hips back and chest up, maintaining a neutral spine. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    Row the bar to your torso by retracting the shoulder blades and flexing the elbows. Use a controlled movement with no jerking.

  3. 3

    After a brief pause, slowly return the bar to the starting position, ensuring to go all the way down.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Straight Bar Bench Mid Rows 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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