What to look for:

• Feet shoulder width apart
• Straight line from heels to head
• Double chin
• Allow shoulder blades to open up (protract) at the start
• Keep ribcage down
• Initiate with retraction and depression of shoulder blades
• Traps relaxed
• Elbow shouldn’t be pulled past midline
• Shoulder not pulled into anterior tilt
• Tall posture

Coaching cues:

• “Don’t let the back arch/extend”
• “Double chin”
• “Stay tall”
• “Chest up”
• “Squeeze the shoulder blades”

When to:

• Regress: Increase the angle of the row if client is unable to maintain positioning.
• Progress: If a client is comfortable with the angle at which they are performing the movement, they may be progressed onto decreasing the incline of the body or to other pulling variations.

Coaching considerations:

• Can be performed on rings/TRX/BB.
• Feet can be elevated to increase the difficulty even further than on the floor.
• Explaining to the client that their positioning should resemble being in a plank position can help with alignment.
• Pronated (overhand) grip will increase the difficulty when compared to neutral (palms facing one another) and supinated (underhand) grips.