clean and jerks

Barbell overhead movements

Clean and jerks are a weightlifting exercise and competitive lift in which the barbell is raised from the floor to the shoulders in one motion (the clean), then thrust overhead with a split or squat of the legs (the jerk).

It's one of two lifts contested in Olympic weightlifting: She set a personal record in the clean and jerk at 95 kilos.

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exercise · Olympic Games · explosive · press · technique · chalk · gym floor · trapezius · mobility · coordination · biomechanics · workout · fitness · collars · athlete · muscles · hamstrings · quadriceps

Opposites
weightlifting movement type

clean and jerksdeadlifts

Weighted floor pulls

bench press · Romanian deadlifts · back squats · front squats · snatch

lift complexity

clean and jerksbicep curls

Weight exercise for upper arms

leg extensions · calf raises · lateral raises · leg curls · lat pulldowns

explosive vs. controlled movement

clean and jerksstatic stretches

Sustained position flexibility exercises

planks · wall sits

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