Machine High Row

Start

Finish

How to do it

Sit with the chest against the pad and handles above shoulder height, pull down and back so the elbows finish beside your ribs, then let the arms travel all the way forward and up again.

Muscles worked

Primary: back · Also works: rear delts, biceps

Equipment

Machines, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Setting the seat too high so the pull becomes horizontal and stops being a high row
• Pushing the feet into the floor to lift the hips and generate leverage
• Letting the chest peel off the pad at the end of the pull

Variations

• Single-arm machine high row
• Neutral-grip machine high row with palms facing in

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Chest-Supported Row
• Lat Pulldown
• Machine Low Row

Related exercises

• Pull-Upback
• Lat Pulldownback
• Barbell Bent-Over Rowback
• Single-Arm Dumbbell Rowback
• Resistance Band Rowback
• Inverted Rowback