Performance: Stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder-width apart and take an overhand grip on a barbell. Your hands should also be a shoulder-width apart. Bend your knees slightly. Keeping the bar close to the body, lift the bar up until your upper arms are parallel to the floor. Lower the bar under control to full elbow extension. Repeat for reps. This exercise can also be performed using a bar attached to a low pulley on a cable apparatus.
Muscle Emphasis: anterior, middle and posterior deltoids; secondary stress on upper trapezius
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