Dumbbell Upright Row
Hold a dumbbell in each hand in front of your body. Pull them up along your torso, leading with the elbows, then lower.
TRAPEZIUS · PULL
How it is executed
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand in front of your body.
- Pull them up along your torso, leading with the elbows, then lower.
- Muscles worked
- Trapezius
- Primary muscle
- Trapezius
- Equipment
- Dumbbell
- Movement pattern
- Pull
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- Hypertrophy
Variations and substitutions
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