Exercise Guide
Meadows Row
A one-arm row off the end of a landmine, taken from a staggered stance. The angle of the bar gives a longer stretch at the bottom than a dumbbell allows.
Illustrations by Bryl Lim for Workout Guide, after Everkinetic. Used unchanged under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Primary Muscle
Middle Back
Equipment
Barbell
Difficulty
Intermediate
Category
Strength
Force
Pull
Mechanic
Compound
Secondary Muscles
- 1
Wedge one end of a barbell into a landmine or a corner and load the other end.
- 2
Stand side-on to the loaded end in a staggered stance, hinge forward, and brace your free hand on your front thigh.
- 3
Grip the end of the bar with an overhand grip and let it hang, allowing your shoulder blade to travel forward.
- 4
Pull the bar up and back toward your hip, driving the elbow high, then lower under control.
- ★Let the shoulder blade round forward at the bottom - that stretch is the whole reason to pick this over a dumbbell row.
- ★Keep your hips square. Twisting toward the bar turns it into a torso rotation.