Inverted Row with Bent Knee between Chairs

The Inverted Row with Bent Knee between Chairs targets your upper back and arms while engaging your core.

  1. Position two sturdy chairs facing each other, ensuring they are stable.
  2. Lie on your back between the chairs, grasping the edges with an underhand grip.
  3. With your knees bent, pull your chest towards the chairs, keeping your body straight.
  4. Lower yourself back down with control and repeat.

How to perform the Inverted Row with Bent Knee between Chairs

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Inverted Row with Bent Knee between Chairs using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your latissimus dorsi.
  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 latissimus dorsi 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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