Bent Over Barbell Row

Back Equipment: Barbell
Bent Over Barbell Row demonstration
▶ Tap to play demo

Holding a barbell with a pronated grip (palms facing down), bend your knees slightly and bring your torso forward, by bending at the waist, while keeping the back straight until it is almost parallel to the floor. Tip: Make sure that you keep the head up. The barbell should hang directly in front of you as your arms hang perpendicular to the floor and your torso. This is your starting position. Now, while keeping the torso stationary, breathe out and lift the barbell to you. Keep the elbows close to the body and only use the forearms to hold the weight. At the top contracted position, squeeze the back muscles and hold for a brief pause. Then inhale and slowly lower the barbell back to the starting position. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Source: none

Watch form video ↗

Edit description (your notes override imported text)
Submit empty to clear and re-pull from ExerciseDB next boot.

Barbell calculator

Pick up to three plates per side and the bar. Total updates live.

Left side
+
Bar
+
Right side
= 33 lbs total

Estimated 1RM over time

Best Epley-estimated 1RM per day across 17 sessions.

Est. 1RM (lbs) Date 153.3 106.7 60.0 2024-06-03 2025-08-15 2026-03-04

Range: 60.0 – 153.3 lbs estimated 1RM.

Volume over time

Total lbs lifted per session (sets × reps × weight), across 17 sessions.

Volume (lbs) Date 3450 2220.0 990 2024-06-03 2025-08-15 2026-03-04

Recent sets

DateWeight (lbs)RepsSets
2024-06-03 85.0 12 3
2024-07-19 100.0 6 1
2024-07-19 100.0 8 1
2024-07-19 85.0 8 1
2024-07-19 70.0 8 1
2024-10-25 100.0 8 2
2024-10-25 110.0 8 1
2024-12-06 110.0 6 3
2025-03-10 100.0 9 1
2025-03-10 100.0 10 2
2025-05-19 110.0 5 2
2025-05-19 110.0 6 2
2025-05-28 105.0 6 2
2025-05-28 90.0 10 1
2025-05-28 75.0 10 1
2025-07-16 125.0 5 3
2025-08-15 115.0 10 3
2025-09-24 100.0 8 3
2025-10-27 80.0 10 3
2025-10-31 75.0 8 3
2025-11-21 70.0 6 3
2026-01-06 55.0 10 3
2026-02-05 55.0 6 3
2026-02-24 45.0 10 3
2026-03-04 55.0 9 3