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Squat Jerk

Quadriceps AdductorsCalvesFront DeltsGlutesHamstringsShouldersSide DeltsTriceps
BarbellExpertPushCompound
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Estimated starting range low
154.5–204 lb × 8–12 Typical for your bodyweight

How to do it

  1. 1Standing with the weight racked on the front of the shoulders, begin with the dip. With your feet directly under your hips, flex the knees without moving the hips backward. Go down only slightly, and reverse direction as powerfully as possible. Drive through the heels create as much speed and force as possible, and be sure to move your head out of the way as the bar leaves the shoulders.
  2. 2At this moment as the feet leave the floor, the feet must be placed into the receiving position as quickly as possible. In the brief moment the feet are not actively driving against the platform, the athlete's effort to push the bar up will drive them down. The feet should move forcefully to just outside the hips, turned out as necessary. Receive the bar with your body in a full squat and the arms fully extended overhead.
  3. 3Keeping the bar aligned over the front of the heels, your head and chest up, drive through the heels of the feet to move to a standing position. Carefully return the weight to the floor.

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