How To Do Upright Row With Free Weights Video

If done correctly, the upright row exercise works all upper body muscles. Learn how to do the upright row with free weights in this exercise video from a fitness instructor.

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Keep joints inline
Wide stable stance
Curl weights to underarm area
Release
Use a mirror
10 to 15 reps
3 sets

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Carol Childers has been a physical fitness trainer for twenty three years. She is experienced in yoga, pilates, sports conditioning, core strength training and nutrition. She currently works with clients all over the country.

Upright row has definitely had its share of criticism, but done correctly, this is a great upper body exercise that's going to engage and retract biceps, shoulders, a little bit of tricep, also muscles in the back of the arms. So, again, it does utilize quite a few muscles of the upper body. So done with care, it's a nice, effective exercise. The key is to keep the joints in line so the muscles fire towards the belly. So we have our nice, wide stable base of our feet hip-width apart. Wrists, elbows, shoulders are in line and you've got your core strength anchored, and we're going to take a big inhale before we start the movement, and then exhale and curl it, boom, right there. If you got a mirror in front of you, that's even better because then you can watch that wrist placement in conjunction with elbow and shoulder. Now, I can really feel this in my anterior deltoid, of course, and biceps, but triceps are kicking in a little bit, too. They got to control that momentum of contracting and releasing down. Of course, exhale in contraction, inhale on the rest phase, working 10 to 15 reps, three sets, preferably with a mirror.

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