Technique
- Start by performing a Back squat.
- When coming back up from the squat, use your upward momentum to lift the weight off your shoulders and perform a Barbell overhead press.
- Carefully bring the weight back to the starting position.
Logging: Total weight used.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Glutes
- Hamstrings
- Quadriceps
- Back
- Serratus anterior
- Shoulders
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Pelvis
- Chest
- Triceps
- Rotator cuff
- Forearms
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Gluteus maximus
- Semitendinosus
- Semimembranosus
- Biceps femoris (long)
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Anterior deltoid
- Middle deltoid
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
- Supraspinatus
Equipment
Appears in
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Regressions
Barbell overhead press
Beginner - Elite
Back squat
Beginner - Elite
Double dumbbell overhead press
Novice
Dumbbell seated overhead press
Beginner
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