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How to Do Shotgun Row

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the shotgun row.

How to do it

1. Attach a single handle to a low cable.
2. After selecting the correct weight, stand a couple feet back with a wide-split stance. Your arm should be extended and your shoulder forward. This will be your starting position.
3. Perform the movement by retracting the shoulder and flexing the elbow. As you pull, supinate the wrist, turning the palm upward as you go.
4. After a brief pause, return to the starting position.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Gear for this exercise

Tube bands with handlesGym-like cable exercises at home.See it on Amazon →Door anchor for bandsTurns any door into a cable machine.See it on Amazon →

Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.