T-Bar Row vs Seated Row

Maximizing Your Back Workout Plan

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Planfit users log T-Bar Row more often — 3,618 sessions vs 296. Compare Back form, muscles worked, and when to use each.

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Planfit Users' Choice about T-Bar Row vs Seated Row : Which is Better?

Based on randomly selected data from 1 million completed workouts, Planfit users log T-Bar Row more often — 3,618 sessions compared to 296 for Seated Row.

Popularity is not the whole answer. T-Bar Row and Seated Row differ in the muscles they load, the equipment they need, and how hard they are to learn — the comparison below covers each.

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How to T-Bar Row

T-Bar Row gif

T-Bar Row muscles worked: Back

Form

  1. 1. While gathering your shoulder blades, gently pull your arms.
  2. 2. Pull your elbows back until they reach behind your body.
  3. 3. Maintain an open chest position and slowly extend your arms to return to the starting position.

Coach's Comment

  1. Please keep your chest up to avoid bending your waist.

If you want to know a detailed guide to T-Bar Row, alternative exercises, and its benefits, check it out here. Check out the T-Bar Row Guide page of our blog!

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How to Seated Row

Seated Row gif

Seated Row muscles worked: Back

Form

  1. 1. Please pull your elbow to brush past your side.
  2. 2. Please return to the starting position while maintaining strength in your back.

Coach's Comment

  1. 1. Please keep your chest open so that your shoulders do not hunch forward.
  2. 2. Engage your core to prevent your back from rounding.

If you want to know a detailed guide to Seated Row, alternative exercises, and its benefits, check it out here. Check out the Seated Row Guide page of our blog!

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