The single-arm dumbbell row, also called the bent-over row, is an effective weight-training move that targets a variety of muscles in your back. It also strengthens areas in your shoulders, chest and arms. Before doing dumbbell rows, warm up your muscles with a five-minute cardio exercise to help prevent injury.
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All dumbbell row exercises require your biceps to contract for the exercise to be performed properly; however, the way your hands and arms are positioned has a significant impact on how hard your biceps work relative to your ba...
The dumbbell row builds the strength of your back and biceps. The wide muscles of your back -- the latissimus dorsi -- work hard to power this exercise. Smaller muscles in the middle of your back and the back of your shoulder w...
Dumbbell rows work your back and biceps. If you perform the movement slowly, you increase the time your muscles are under tension and the amount of work they do. When doing a speed row, performing the movement more quickly, you...
The name of an exercise often helps you determine the muscles and joints affected by the movement. The dumbbell lateral row does not, however, provide many clues. The exercise is performed with a dumbbell, at the side of your b...
When done correctly, dumbbell rowing exercises strengthen your back, chest and arm muscles in addition to building thickness in your center and lower back. With many rowing exercises the only equipment you need is a set of dumb...
However, for chest presses, you must lie on your back and press up against gravity. Rowing exercises, which exercise your back, require you to face down toward the floor and pull against gravity. You can perform rows either one...
During pregnancy, there is a lot of emphasis on aerobic exercise and not a lot on resistance training. Though aerobic exercise is beneficial, resistance training can offer the pregnant woman additional health benefits that can ...
To do a dumbbell row correctly, concentrate on keeping a neutral spine and allowing your arms to do all of the work. You can lean on a bench for support when you do dumbbell rows. Move one arm at a time to complete dumbbell row...
Free weights have a distinct advantage over machines because they have more freedom of motion when doing exercises. This maximizes your overall muscle fiber recruitment. A stretched back dumbbell row is an upper body exercise t...
Dumbbell rows help give your back muscles a workout with all of the benefits free weights offer. Each side of your body will have to lift the same load, and you'll engage several smaller muscles as stabilizers as you lift. Dumb...
A dumbbell row is a back exercise performed by bending at the waist and pulling a dumbbell up to your side through the use of the latissimus dorsi muscle. Several additional muscles and tendons are involved in the motion, inclu...
Because there's so much detail to your back muscles, it's important to strengthen and tone them with different exercises. One-arm dumbbell rows work the upper back, the whole lat and the trapezius muscles.
Do dumbbell rows to develop the back muscles, specifically the lateral muscles. You can perform both bent-over dumbbell rows and one-armed dumbbell rows. Mastering these will prepare you to do barbell rows and dead lifts. Othe...