Barbell / Box / Block Cleans
- Place a barbell onto 2 barbell blocks securely at about knee height.
- Stand with your feet a little wider than shoulder width apart with your hands firmly gripped on the barbell at about the same width as your feet.
- Using your hips for initial explosiveness, thrust them forward into the barbell
- At the same time bring the barbell up along your body using the initial thrust
- Finish with the barbell resting across your upper pectoral muscles
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Barbell / box / block cleans is a gym work out exercise that targets middle back / lats and upper back & lower traps and also involves biceps and lower back. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Love yourself back stretch, medicine ball slams and battle rope double waves are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as barbell / box / block cleans. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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