

Step-by-step
- Grip the bar slightly narrower than shoulder-width with your palms facing you.
- Stand tall with your knees slightly bent and the bar resting low against your thighs.
- Raise your elbows up and out to pull the bar up to chest-to-chin level.
- Throughout the movement, keep your elbows higher than your hands and the bar rising close to your body.
- Pause briefly at the top, then lower the bar back down under control.
Coaching tip
Take a shoulder-width grip, pull the bar up to the upper chest, and keep your elbows higher than your wrists.
Caution
Skip this move or ask a professional first if you have pain or an injury in: shoulder, wrist. FitCi filters it out of your program automatically based on the injuries in your profile.
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