How to Do
How to Do Inverted Row on the Smith Machine
This is an excellent exercise for youth and beginners. Be sure to keep your spine in natural alignment throughout the exercise.
Beginning
Beginning Inverted Row on the Smith Machine
Set the bar height near as illustrated around knee height and lay underneath the bar on your back.
Movement
Inverted Row on the Smith Machine Movement
1. Grab the bar with a firm grip at shoulder width.
2. Begin to pull yourself upwards towards the bar, keeping your legs straight, but not locking your knees.
3. Touch your chest as close to the bar as shoulder flexibility allows.
4. Begin by lowering yourself back down slowly and controlled until you're on the floor again and repeat.
Benefits
Inverted Row on the Smith Machine Benefits
Excellent exercise for beginners.
It focuses on the arms more than a traditional pull-up.
It's simple to incorporate into upper-body workouts.
Activates muscles in the lower body.
Increases grip strength.
Enhances scapular retraction.
Exercise Aliases
Bodyweight Rows, Body Row, Supine Row, Inverted Row Exercise, Horizontal Pull Up, Horizontal Row, Inverted Pull Ups, Supine Pull Up, Smith Machine Pull Up, Barbell Pull Up, Inverted Rack Row, Inverted Body Row, High Inverted Row, Australian Pull Up, Inverted Row in a Smith Machine.
