Upright Row

Teaching points

• Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart and knees slightly bent
  
  
• Hold the bar near the centre, with the hands closer than shoulder width and the palms facing you
  
  
• Pull the bar up towards your chin
  
  
• Slowly return to the starting position

Variations & progressions

• Perform with a dumbbell in each hand

Muscles worked

• Trapezius
  
  
• Anterior fibres of Deltoid
  
  
• Biceps Brachii

Alternative exercises

• Upright row with a resistance band

Related injuries

• Shoulder Impingement
  
  
• Dislocated Shoulder