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Barbell Clean and Press

Main muscle
Front Delts
Muscle group
Shoulders
Equipment
Barbell

How to do it

  1. 1Set up over the bar with feet hip-width apart, gripping just outside your legs.
  2. 2Explosively extend your hips and knees to pull the bar upward.
  3. 3Drop under the bar and catch it on your front shoulders in a quarter squat.
  4. 4Stand up fully, then press the bar overhead to lockout.
  5. 5Lower the bar back to the shoulders, then to the floor under control.

Coaching cues

  • Extend hips explosively
  • Catch it soft
  • Lock out overhead
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