Barbell High Pulls
How to Do Barbell High Pulls
- Prepare a barbell with a lighter amount of weight than usual. Place the barbell in front of you at your shins.
- Squat down into position, driving your hips back. Keep your chest and head up. Place your hands in an overhand grip on the barbell. Your arms should be straight with a slight bend at the elbow.
- In one fluid motion, explode up and off the ground as you pull the bar high, leading with your elbows. Your feet will leave the ground.
- Land softly and lower yourself back to the starting position.
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Barbell High Pulls Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Barbell High Pulls targets hamstrings and quadriceps and shoulders and also works calves and glutes & hip flexors and lower back. 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 Seated bent over rear delt raises, standing arm twists / rotations and laying internal shoulder rotation. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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