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Also known as: Devil press.

Technique

  1. Start in a Plank position, with your hands holding dumbbells on the ground with a neutral grip.
  2. Perform a Plank squat thrust by bending at the hips and knees, to jump your feet forward and land into a low squat position.
  3. Start extending your knees, and lift the dumbbells off the ground, then all the way up overhead.
  4. Lower the weights back down to your shoulders, then all the way to the ground while bending your knees.
  5. Jump your feet back to the Plank position.
Logging: Total weight used.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Spine
  • Glutes
  • Hamstrings
  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders
  • Triceps

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Chest
  • Forearms
  • Legs
  • Quadriceps
  • Pelvis
  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Neck
  • Gastrocnemius
  • Soleus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Vastus medialis
  • Vastus intermedius
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Psoas major
  • Serratus anterior
  • Spinalis thoracis
  • Longissimus thoracis
  • Iliocostalis
  • Gluteus maximus
  • Semitendinosus
  • Semimembranosus
  • Biceps femoris (long)
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae
  • Lower trapezius
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)

Equipment

Appears in

Regressions

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Plank squat thrust

Beginner
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Push press

Beginner
e0h6

Power clean

Intermediate
w029

Deep push-up press burpee

Intermediate
w019

Roll burpee

Novice
w01p

Pushup burpee without jump

Novice
w00n

Jack burpee

Intermediate
w01n

Burpee without jump

Novice
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