Water Bottle Squat Clean and Presses
- With water bottles at your sides, stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and feet 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 water bottles above your head as you return to standing position.
- Still standing, slowly lower the water bottles down to your chest and then down to your sides by extending your arms.
- Repeat.
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Water bottle squat clean and presses is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and shoulders and also involves hamstrings and lower back. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Barbell squats, standing barbell shoulder press and squat jacks / side sumo walks are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as water bottle squat clean and presses. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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