STOP doing SEATED ROWS like this!
Channel: Billy Harris
Date: 2023-03-03

STOP doing SEATED ROWS like this!

The seated cable row is a great variation to add to your routine to place load on your traps, rear delts, rhomboids, and lats.

Here are a handful of mistakes I see being made by most gym-goers, and approaches I would take to fix these mistakes.

Common mistakes to avoid:

❌ Does not brace the core, lacking stability of the scapula.

❌ Uses momentum to aid heavily in the concentric phase of the movement - taking away from tension on the back muscles.

❌ Lacks control in the eccentric phase of the movement - leaves a lot of muscle damage potential on the table.

❌ Allowing for the exercise to dictate the ROM.

My advice:

✅ Braces core, stabilizes scapula.

✅ Maintains tension throughout the entire ROM, with no momentum being used.

✅ Controls the eccentric phase, and protraction/retraction of the scapula, of each rep.

✅ Allows the muscle to dictate the ROM, not the exercise.