Dumbbell Reverse Grip Row (Female)

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a dumbbell in each hand with an overhand grip. Bend at your hips and knees, maintaining a neutral spine. Keeping your elbows close to your body, pull the dumbbells up to your ribcage. Pause briefly and then lower the weights back down, extending your arms fully. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Dumbbell Reverse Grip Row (Female)

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Dumbbell Reverse Grip Row (Female) using your dumbbell.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your rhomboids.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your rhomboids rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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