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Dumbbell clean and press

A compound exercise for the front delts and glutes, with help from the triceps, quads, traps. Equipment: dumbbells.

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WorksFront deltsGlutesTricepsQuadsTraps

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Dumbbells at your sides, feet hip-width.
  2. Clean them to the shoulders
  3. Press overhead, then lower to the sides

Muscles worked

Dumbbell clean and press: 3D figure mid-rep with the front delts and glutes highlighted

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