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This is a good exercise to help add thickness and strength to the middle and upper back. A good substitute for this exercise would be: T-Bar Rows with straight Olympic bar.

How To:

✓Position your self onto the machine with your feet pointed forward onto the foot platform and rest your chest against the large pad that is provided for support.

✓Reach down so that your arms hang down directly below you and grasp the handles with an inside grip, with your palms facing in towards one another.

✓Using your back muscles, pull the weight up towards your chest bringing your elbows back as far as they can go and your feel the muscles of your back completely contract.

✓Slowly allow the weight to drop back down into the starting position.

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