Bodyweight Standing Row

Stand with your feet hip-width apart. Extend your arms straight in front of you at chest height. Keeping your core engaged, pull your elbows backward and squeeze your shoulder blades together. Return to the starting position with control. Repeat.

How to perform the Bodyweight Standing Row

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bodyweight Standing 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 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.

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