Dumbbell Squat Clean and Press
How to Do Dumbbell Squat Clean and Press
- With dumbbells at your sides, stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and fee pointing slightly outward. Look straight ahead.
- Squat down until your upper legs are parallel with the floor by bending your knees, keep your back straight.
- With an explosive but controlled movement, push up through your heels and press the dumbbells above your head as you return to standing position.
- Still standing, slowly lower the dumbbells down to your chest and then down to your sides by extending your arms.
- Repeat.
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Dumbbell Squat Clean and Press Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Dumbbell Squat Clean and Press targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and shoulders and also works hamstrings 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: dumbbells.
Similar exercises
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