W hen you want to bulk up your back muscles, the one exercise that needs to be on your list is the bent-over barbell row.This exercise, which is a favorite of powerlifters, will also hit your ...

Bent-over rows are a compound movement, explains Tim Benjamin, former Olympian and co-founder of audio coaching app, WithU, meaning it works more than one muscle group at a time.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's Advanced Chest & Back Workout. 1: Deadlifts x 3 Sets and 10, 8 and 6 Reps. ... Single Arm Bent Over Rows x 10 to 12 reps. Start with your knee and palm on the bench.

For a single exercise that does it all, try the classic bent-over row. Experts in This Article. Simone de la Rue. celebrity fitness trainer and founder of Body By Simone.

Critiquing Schwarzenegger's bent over bicep curls, ... Israetel adds, 'Those look like flexion rows. Now to be a pedantic asshole, Arnold could be controlling the eccentric more.

The bent-over row is an imperfect exercise. Sure, it helps build upper-body strength. But the position—bent over at the hips, rowing dumbbells or a barbell—is ...