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Barbell Thrusters

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Fitness Friday: Workouts for Painters. Fitness From Home!

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What happens here

The first exercise demonstrated is the thruster, a challenging full-body movement. The speaker positions a barbell, weighted with plates, on top of two Rogue wooden boxes for an easier starting lift, though he notes it typically begins from the floor. He performs a power clean to bring the barbell to the front rack position (resting on the shoulders), then descends into a full squat. From the bottom of the squat, he explosively drives upwards, simultaneously pressing the barbell overhead until his arms are fully extended. He demonstrates several repetitions.

Goal: Learn and perform the barbell thruster to engage legs, glutes, hamstrings, shoulders, chest, and traps.

Tools and materials

  • Barbell Rogue — Main lifting equipment for thrusters
  • Weight Plates — Adding resistance to the barbell
  • Wooden Boxes Rogue — Elevating the barbell for easier initial lift

What they say

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going to do three sets 10 reps of each exercise so these are really simple workouts that you can do in a gym and you don't have to be a fitness buff a fitness fanatic like me but these are great uh overall body exercises that will make you a better painter so the first exercise is a thruster this barbell will typically be on the ground i have a luxury of having blocks to have it up on but i'm just going to take my weight i'm going to power clean my weight up get it in a position right here and a thruster movement is i'm going to squat down squat back up and press it overhead that's a thruster that's one wrap so down up two down up three down up four that is a thruster that's gonna work your quads it's gonna work your glutes your hamstrings your shoulders your chest your traps everything great exercise to do i'm going to do 10 reps of that then i'm going to go right to what we call a devil's press i'm going to show you what a devil's press looks like right now so here's the devil's press

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