Try Variations of this Back Exercise With Barbells



The following back exercise with barbells movements will also affect and strengthen a range of muscles in the lower body, arms and shoulders.

Various hand grips and placements - ie. wide grip vs. narrow grip, etc can actually have a large effect on different muscles even though the exercises seem basically the same. So be sure to throw in the variations and not stick with just one version. Click here to go the the main Exercise Index

Barbell Split Clean

Back exercise with barbells.

Place a barbell in front of you. With your feet about sixteen inces apart, step up to the bar until your shins are nearly touching the bar. Bend down and get a palms down, over-the bar grip on the bar with your hands placed about twenty-six inches apart.

Bend your legs until your upper thighs are nearly parallel to the floor. Keep your arms straight and your head up. Your back will be at about a 45 degree angle to your thighs.

Inhale and pull the bar straight up as you start to stand erect. Continue the pull by raising up on your toes after you have come erect and have pulled the barbell about as high as your lower pecs.

Then throw your right leg straight back about 32 inches, enabling you to lunge under the bar catching it on the top of your upper chest by flipping the bar over and back with your wrists.

From this position bring both feet in line with each other to complete the movement. Exhale as the bar reaches your upper chest. Return the bar to the floor and one rep of the exercise is complete.

Barbell Power Clean

Back exercise with barbells.

Place a barbell in front of you. With your feet about sixteen inces apart, step up to the bar until your shins are nearly touching the bar. Bend down and get a palms down, over-the bar grip on the bar with your hands placed about twenty-six inches apart.

Bend your legs until your upper thighs are nearly parallel to the floor. Keep your arms straight and your head up. Your back will be at about a 45 degree angle to your thighs.

Inhale and pull the bar straight up as you stand erect until the bar is nearly as high as your shoulders. Then flip the bar over and back until it is resting on your upper chest.

Return the bar to starting position and exhale.

Barbell Squat, Clean and Press

Back exercise with barbells.

Place a barbell in front of you. With your feet about sixteen inces apart, step up to the bar until your shins are nearly touching the bar. Bend down and get a palms down, over-the bar grip on the bar with your hands placed about twenty-six inches apart.

Bend your legs until your upper thighs are nearly parallel to the floor. Keep your arms straight and your head up. Your back will be at about a 45 degree angle to your thighs.

Keep your arms straight and your head up. Your back will be at about a 45 degree angle to your thighs.Inhale and pull the bar straight up as you stand erect. When the bar reaches the area between your upper waist ant middle chest, squat down, with your knees wide and feet flat, below the barbell and then flip the bar over and back with your wrists until it is resting on your upper chest. Keep yourelbows out in fron of you just below parallel and stand erect with the bar on your chest and exhale.

Inhale again and press the barbell directly overhead to arms length and hold it there for a short period of time before exhaling and letting it back down to your upper chest and on down to the floor to complete the rep.

Shorly I will put up some picture of this back exercise with barbells to better illustrate the movements.

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