Bodyweight Standing One Arm Row (With Towel)

Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a towel in one hand. Extend the arm holding the towel straight in front of you. Keeping your back straight, bend at the waist, and simultaneously pull the towel towards your chest. Pause briefly and return to the starting position. Repeat on the other side.

How to perform the Bodyweight Standing One Arm Row (With Towel)

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bodyweight Standing One Arm Row (With Towel) 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 rhomboids.
  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 rhomboids 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.

Build a free routine

Stage exercises here, then sign up to save them as a real Fitly routine — synced to web and mobile.

View staged routine (0)

Related exercises

0 exercises staged Save your routine — sign up free.