Exercise
Wide-Grip Upright Row
Also known as: barbell wide-grip upright row, wide grip upright row, wide upright row
Wide-Grip Upright Row is a compound exercise for the shoulders. Main target: lateral deltoid. Also works: upper traps and biceps. Equipment: barbell.
Muscles worked
How to do it
- Stand holding a barbell with a grip about one and a half shoulder widths apart, arms extended in front of your thighs.
- Pull the bar straight up along your body, leading with the elbows, until it reaches lower-chest level.
- Keep the elbows above the wrists throughout and pause briefly at the top.
- Lower the bar under control and repeat.
Similar exercises
Upright Barbell Row
Barbell
Lateral deltoid
Seated Behind-the-Neck Press
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Lateral deltoid
Standing Military Press
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Anti-Gravity Press
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Posterior deltoid
Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise
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Barbell Rear Delt Row
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Alternatives with other equipment
Side Lateral Raise
Dumbbell
Lateral deltoid
Smith Machine One-Arm Upright Row
Smith machine
Lateral deltoid
Cable Lateral Raise
Cable
Lateral deltoid
Lateral Raise - With Bands
Bands
Lateral deltoid
Machine Lateral Raise
Machine
Lateral deltoid
Arm Circles
Bodyweight
Lateral deltoid
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