Barbell Cleans
How to Do Barbell Cleans
- 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. The barbell should be resting on your upper thighs
- 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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Related Shoulders Exercises
Dual / Two Arm Dumbbell Front Shoulder Raises
Overhead Water Bottle Squats
Resistance Band Lateral / Side Raises / Shoulder Abductions
Barbell Cleans Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Barbell Cleans targets shoulders and also works middle back / lats and upper back & lower traps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: barbell / ez-bar.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Dual / two arm dumbbell front shoulder raises, overhead water bottle squats and resistance band lateral / side raises / shoulder abductions. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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