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Barbell Power Clean exercise illustration

Barbell Power Clean

Pulling a barbell explosively from the floor and catching it on the front of the shoulders, an Olympic lift for power.

Body part
Full body
Equipment
Barbell
Category
Strength
Pattern
Hinge
Mainly works
Glutes, hamstrings and quadriceps
Also
Traps, upper back and calves

Cues

  1. Start like a deadlift, back flat
  2. Jump the bar up with the hips
  3. Pull under fast, elbows high
  4. Catch the bar on the front of the shoulders