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Hang Clean
- Main muscle
- Traps
- Muscle group
- Back
- Equipment
- Barbell
How to do it
- 1Hold a barbell at hip height with an overhand grip, knees slightly bent.
- 2Hinge slightly and load your hamstrings in the hang position.
- 3Explosively extend your hips, knees, and ankles to drive the bar up.
- 4Shrug and pull yourself under the bar as it rises.
- 5Catch the bar on your front shoulders in a quarter-squat.
- 6Stand tall to finish the rep.
Coaching cues
- Explode with the hips
- Pull yourself under fast
- Catch it on the shoulders
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