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Barbell High Pull exercise illustration

Barbell High Pull

Pulling a barbell explosively from the floor to chest height with the elbows high, for power in the hips and upper back.

Body part
Shoulders
Equipment
Barbell
Category
Strength
Pattern
Hinge
Mainly works
Traps, glutes and hamstrings
Also
Side delts, upper back and quadriceps

Cues

  1. Start like a deadlift
  2. Jump the bar up with the hips
  3. Elbows high and wide
  4. Lower under control

The same movement, other equipment