Fitness Friday #1: T-Bar Rows!

IT'S FRIDAY!!!

So everyone take a large, deep breath. Inhale the positive, exhale the negative. Realize it is the weekend and be optimistic. :)

Moving on... I feel like every Friday I write something about some type of exercise or another. So I have officially declared that every Friday I am going to do something called "Fitness Friday" where I describe anything about my favorite or least favorite exercises, workouts, etc. I know I primarily talk about Fitness anyways, but this is just a fun thing I want to do and I know many other bloggers do it!

Well... for my first one I am going to be detailing an exercise I recently just got into and I absolutely love...

The T-Bar Row!

Technically, this is what the actual exercise looks like with a legit T-bar:

She looks slightly uncomfortable... (Source)

However, not every gym is equipped with an actual T-bar tow machine (such as my own gym), therefore, we must improvise! 

Enter the Olympic bar...

(Source)

Basically, what you'll do is load plates on the end of an Olympic bar. You will either set it between two plates (shown above) or against a wall for support. Put your hands on the part of the bar underneath the plates and bring the weight towards your chest. Try not to extend your elbows and keep them to your sides. Really focus on contracting the back muscles. 

This has definitely become one of my favorites. My favorite body part to work is no doubt my back and this just adds to the reasons why! I just love back exercises. They are so fun!

I tacked these on the end of my workout. I also did (for the back) bent over cable pullovers, wide lat pulldowns, and one-armed dumbbell rows (<-- love those too!) 

I would recommend adding these to any routine. They really help build up the muscles in the back. The next day after doing these, I was really feeling it!

Have a great, relaxing Friday everyone. :)

Question: Have you ever done a T-bar row?

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