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Rowing machine
Difficulty Endurance
How to perform it
The rower works the whole body: the legs (quads, hamstrings, glutes) drive, the back, lats and biceps finish the pull. Compared to running it spares the joints and adds upper-body pulling work – keep the order legs–torso–arms.
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Equipment
- Rowing machineMachine
Muscles worked
Front
Back
Muscles and artwork credits
- Biceps
- Biceps femoris
- Gluteus maximus
- Lats
- Mid and lower traps
- Rectus femoris
- Rhomboids (not on the surface map)
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