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Free Weight · Barbell

Jerk

Muscles worked

  • Front Delts
  • Quads
  • Glutes
  • Lower Back
  • Traps
  • Triceps
  • Side Delts

How to do it

  1. Start with the bar across the front of your shoulders
  2. Dip slightly, drive hard with your legs and push yourself under the bar, catching it on locked arms
  3. Recover to standing with the bar overhead

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