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Overhead Squat
Hold a body bar (heavy enough that you're just eking out the last rep) above your head with your feet shoulder-width apart.

 


How to Do an Overhead Squat
This version of the overhead squat incorporates a medicine ball to the basic squat to add a strengthening component to the motion.

Overhead Squat
A preparatory lift for the snatch, the load is held overhead during this movement. Overhead loading changes the length of the lever arm, therefore increasing the stability needed throughout the core.

Overhead Squats - Overhead squats may be the most obscure exercise in this list, and require an incredible amount of abdominal strength to perform.

We believe in doing all 3 squat variations normally done by weightlifters (front squat, back squat, and overhead squat), most weeks doing at least one workout of each style.

demand that the lifter receive the bar in a squatting position, while at the same time flipping the weight so it moves in an arc directly overhead to locked arms (the quick drop). When the lifter is secure in this position, he rises (overhead squat), ...

See also: Squat, Workout, Strength, Exercise, Dumbbell

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