Bottle Weighted Upright Row

The Bottle Weighted Upright Row targets your shoulders and upper back. This exercise helps improve muscle strength and stability.

  1. Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, holding a bottle in each hand.
  2. Keep your arms straight and pull the bottles up towards your chin, keeping your elbows higher than your wrists.
  3. Lower the bottles back to the starting position with control.
  4. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Bottle Weighted Upright Row

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Bottle Weighted Upright Row using your free weights.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your deltoids.
  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 deltoids 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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