🏋️ Dumbbell Row Form Guide
Build unilateral back strength and correct imbalances.
The dumbbell row is one of the best exercises for building back thickness and correcting left-right imbalances. SportsReflector's AI analyzes your elbow path, rotation, range of motion, and symmetry to maximize lat and rhomboid activation.
Primary Muscles
Latissimus dorsi, rhomboids, rear deltoid
Equipment
Dumbbell, Bench
AI Score Categories
6 metrics tracked
What AI Analyzes in Your Dumbbell Row
SportsReflector tracks 6 key metrics to generate your 0–100 form score.
AI Form Score
Every Dumbbell Row session gets an overall form score plus category-level scoring for each metric above.
3 Dumbbell Row Mistakes AI Catches
These are the most common Dumbbell Row form errors — and the ones most likely to cause injury or limit your progress.
Rotating the torso to complete the row reduces lat activation and shifts work to the lower back.
Fix: Keep the torso parallel to the floor and minimize rotation. The movement should be pure elbow flexion and shoulder blade retraction.
Pulling with the elbow flared wide targets the rear delt instead of the lat.
Fix: Keep the elbow close to the body and drive it back toward the hip. Think about putting your elbow in your back pocket.
Not fully extending the arm at the bottom eliminates the lat stretch.
Fix: Allow the arm to fully extend at the bottom of each rep. Feel the lat stretch before initiating the next rep.
Muscles Worked
Get Your Dumbbell Row Form Score
Record your Dumbbell Row on your iPhone and get an instant 0–100 AI form score with specific corrections for every mistake above.
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