Technique
- Begin standing with a weight on the floor in front of you.
- Bend your knees, hinge at your hips, and grab the weight with one hand, palm facing your body.
- With an explosive motion, extend your hips and knees, pulling the weight upward and all the way overhead in a single motion.
Form tips
- Use the power from your hips and legs to generate momentum for lifting the weight.
Logging: Weight used on one side. Repetitions done on one side.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Neck
- Back
- Shoulders
- Spine
- Serratus anterior
Secondary
- Chest
- Biceps
- Forearms
- Triceps
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Upper trapezius
- Levator scapulae
- Spinalis thoracis
- Longissimus thoracis
- Iliocostalis
- Lower trapezius
- Serratus anterior
- Anterior deltoid
- Middle deltoid
- Biceps brachii (short head)
- Brachialis
- Brachioradialis
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Triceps brachii (medial head)
- Triceps brachii (lateral head)
Equipment
Appears in
Other disciplines
Joint movements
Variations
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