Towel Rows
Compound exercise · horizontal pull
How to do it
- Secure the towel safely, lean back, and keep your body in a straight line.
- Pull yourself forward with a tight elbow path until your hands reach your sides.
- Lower yourself back slowly without losing body tension.
Muscles involved
- upperBack
- 80
- lats
- 50
- biceps
- 40
- trapezius
- 20
- shoulders
- 10
- chest
- 5
- glutes
- 5
- hamstrings
- 5
- serratus
- 5
- obliques
- 5
- abdominals
- 5
- forearms
- 5
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- horizontal pull
- Equipment
- towel
- Alternatives
- resistance band
- Optional
- weighted vest, loaded bag pack
- Variations
- both arms, left arm, right arm
Follow along in the app
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Trainer
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Treeceps
The same exercise, inside your virtual fitness world.