Inverted Row with Bed Sheet

The inverted row with a bed sheet is a bodyweight exercise that targets your upper back and arms.

To perform this exercise, secure a bed sheet around a sturdy object, ensuring it can support your weight.

  1. Lie underneath the sheet, grasping it with both hands.
  2. Keep your body straight and pull your chest towards the sheet.
  3. Lower yourself back down and repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Inverted Row with Bed Sheet

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Inverted Row with Bed Sheet 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 biceps.
  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 biceps 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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