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Hang power clean

A compound exercise for the glutes and traps, with help from the hamstrings, quads, upper back. Equipment: barbell.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Stand with the bar at the hips, hands just outside the legs.
  2. Dip, then jump and shrug
  3. Catch on the shoulders, elbows high

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