Exercise of the Week: Inverted Rows

This week’s exercise of the week is the inverted row. As you’ll see in the video below, the inverted row can be done in a smith machine that you’ll find @ most commercial gyms. It’s a little weird for me recommending an exercise involving the smith machine, but in this case, it gets my thumbs-up. As long as you use the smith machine for only 2.4% percent of your lifts or less, I’m ok with it. Next, what I want you to do is to take out your calculator and add up every exercise you’ve done up to this point in 2010, and make sure that the number of smith machine exercises is less than 2.5%. If so, you’re golden, and have earned the right to view the 1st video…

The next variation of the inverted row is done with TRX straps. This is a way cooler way to do them. It has been said that using TRX straps will make women want you, and men want to be you. I’m pretty sure these were a staple in Austin Power’s training program. I use them with my clients at our gym all the time. I’m assuming most of you do not have access to TRX straps at your gym. If that is the case, you can purchase them at performbetter.com. (I’ve provided the link to the right of your computer screen) I know some people that use them in their home gym, or take them to the park on nice days to use as part of their strength training and/or metabolic training (cardio) for the day.

So there you go. Adding inverted rows to your program will help improve your posture, keep your shoulders healthy, and give you a super sculpted, ripped back! (read that last part in the voice from the guy that does those P90X advertisements)

And by the way, I was kidding about busting the calculator out. You knew that, right?!?