Your torso tips forward in a bent-over row, so where you stand matters more than usual. This barbell bent-over row counter reads your elbows from an upright phone and counts each rep out loud.
Both arms are read together. There's no one-arm mode. Hinge at the hips with the bar in both hands during the five-second countdown and begin rowing.
Phone setup
Stand the phone upright at chest height and step back a few steps, until your whole body fits in the frame while you're hinged forward.
Stand halfway between side-on and facing the phone; fully side-on, the plates can hide your arms. Hinge at the hips with the barbell in both hands.
- Check the preview with the bar in your hands, and make sure your arms and head sit inside the frame.
Form cues
- Hinge at the hips. Push your hips back and tip your chest forward, holding that shape so only your arms do the rowing.
- Row to your belly. Pulling the bar toward your belly with your elbows bent is the far position of the rep.
- Drive your elbows back. Lead with the elbows rather than the hands, so your back muscles share the work.
- Lower to straight arms. Letting the bar hang with straight arms finishes the rep, so reset there each time.
Common mistakes
- Standing fully side-on. The plates can hide your arms and cost you reps. Turn halfway toward the phone before you start.
- Standing up as you pull. Heaving yourself upright turns the row into a shrug. Hold the hinge and let your arms do the work.
- Short rows. A row that never brings the bar toward your belly doesn't reach the far position and isn't counted.
How FitnessBruh counts it
Your elbow angle, shoulder to elbow to wrist, is what gets followed. Arms hanging straight are the start, the bar rowed to your belly with the elbows bent is the far position, and lowering back to straight arms completes the rep.
Both arms are read together. Standing fully side-on can hide your arms behind the plates and cost reps, which is why the setup turns you halfway.
Counting starts once the camera has a steady view of your shoulders and hips, so hinge into place during the countdown.
FAQ
How should I stand for a barbell bent-over row?
Halfway between side-on and facing an upright phone at chest height, a few steps back, hinged at the hips with the bar in both hands and your whole body in the frame.
Why can't I stand fully side-on?
The plates can hide your arms, which can cost reps. A halfway turn is the setup this row is built around.
What counts as one barbell row rep?
Straight arms to start, the bar rowed to your belly with bent elbows as the far position, then lowering back to straight arms. A pull that stops short isn't counted.
