Bodyweight Squatting Row

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Extend your arms in front of you, palms facing down. Squat down, keeping your back straight and knees behind your toes. As you rise back up, pull your elbows back, squeezing your shoulder blades together. Lower your arms back down as you squat down again. Repeat.

How to perform the Bodyweight Squatting Row

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bodyweight Squatting Row using your body weight.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your glutes.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your glutes rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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