Back · TRX
Ring Inverted Row Parallel to the Floor
How to do the ring inverted row parallel to the floor, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- TRX
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPull
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set TRX straps or rings short and grab a handle in each hand. Walk your feet forward until your body is parallel to the floor, hanging underneath the anchor. Pull your chest up to the handles by driving your elbows back, then lower under control.
- 1Feel your mid-back and lats pull your chest to the handles
- 2Squeeze your shoulder blades together at the top
- 3Keep your body rigid and flat from heels to head
Common mistakes
- Don't let your hips sag below the line of your body
- Avoid shrugging your shoulders toward your ears
- Don't yank with the arms; lead the pull with your back
Muscles worked
The ring inverted row parallel to the floor mainly works the lats, biceps, mid traps, and rear delts, with the forearms, lower back, lower traps, upper abs, lower abs, glutes, upper traps, and obliques assisting.
- LatsPrimary
- BicepsPrimary
- Mid TrapsPrimary
- Rear DeltsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Lower TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
- HamstringsMinor
- External RotatorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.