Better groupings

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Been working on my basic skills with the Rem 870 and the .22 Marlin. With the .22 I've been practicing on the bench rest at 25y, 50y, 75y, 100y and I'm doing OK with groupings up to about 75y, It was very windy at the range the other day and my 100y group was something like 4 or 5 inches.

My trigger squeeze is pretty good. The real problem I'm having is offhand shooting; my sights are dancing all over the place. I'm guessing lifting weights is probably the first step to take. The Shoulder is now good enough that I'm up to weights between 4 and 8 pounds depending on the exercise.

Are there any exercises specific to rifle and or pistol shooting for building muscle. I'm assuming that is what is going on. The breath, the relaxing, the squeezing are all good when I'm on the bench or prone. It's the offhand and kneeling that are weak.