Description
- Squat down and grab the bar with your hands slightly outside of hip-width.
- Keeping your head up and chest out, stand up holding the bar.
- Bend forward and assume an athletic stance, your arms hanging straight down and your shoulders over the bar.
- Keep your back straight.
- With one quick burst of motion, extend your legs and hips straight up, as if to jump.
- The barbell moves upward because of the momentum created by your legs.
- The arms simply "follow" the barbell, the elbows leading the way.
- At the highest point the barbell reaches, quickly rotate the elbows forward and catch the bar on the shoulders.
- Squat down with the barbell on your shoulders and your elbows up.
- Stand up, return to athletic stance and repeat.
- This is a high skill exercise. Please seek the guidance of a USAW Certified Olympic Weightlifting coach for further instruction.
Mistakes
- At set up: rounding the back and shoulders not over the bar
- While pulling the bar off the ground: allowing the hips to come up first
- Using the arms instead of the legs to accelerate the barbell upward
- Receiving the barbell in the hands instead of on the shoulders
- Leaning forward as you squat down
Muscle Groups
- Abs & Core
- Full Body
- Hips & Buttocks
- Legs
- Upper Body
Purposes
- Leg power
- Hip power
- Torso power
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