How to do the Doorframe Row

The Doorframe Row is a pull move. You can do it at home on one mat, with no jumping and nothing that shakes the floor.

• Level 1/5
• Back
• You need: Doorframe

Form cues

1. Grip the doorframe at chest height
2. Lean back in one straight line
3. Pull your chest to the frame

Muscles worked

Back — Squeeze your shoulder blades as you pull

More bodyweight back exercises

Easier → harder

Climb the same move from easier to harder steps. The right step leaves you two or three reps in reserve at the end of 40 seconds.

1. Step 1 · Doorframe Row
2. Step 2 · Table Row
3. Step 3 · One-arm Doorframe Row

More moves for the same area

• Cat-CowLevel 1/5
• Y-T-WLevel 1/5
• Thread the NeedleLevel 2/5
• SupermanLevel 2/5
• Table RowLevel 2/5 · Table
• Prone ScorpionLevel 2/5

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