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Technique

  1. Start lying on your back on the ground, with the legs slightly bent and holding a weight in front of your chest.
  2. Sit up and shift the weight slightly forward to help lifting your chest up.
  3. Press the weight overhead, then bring it back down to chest height.
  4. Smoothly roll back to the starting position.
Logging: Total weight used.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders
  • Triceps

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Chest
  • Forearms
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)

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Equipment

Kettlebell
Kettlebell
Dumbbell
Dumbbell

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Appears in

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