Legs · Dumbbell · Compound · Intermediate
Dumbbell Clean


PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Hamstrings
- Also working
- Calves, Forearms, Glutes, Lower Back, Quads, Shoulders, Traps
How to do it
- Begin standing with a dumbbell in each hand with your feet shoulder width apart.
- Lower the weights to the floor by flexing at the hips and knees, pushing your hips back until the dumbbells reach the floor. This will be your starting position.
- To initiate the movement, violently jump upward by extending the hips, knees, and ankles to acclerate the weights upward. Maintaining a neutral grip on the dumbbells, keep the arms straight until full extension is reached.
- After full extension, rebend the hips and knees to receive the weight in a squat position. Allow the arms to bend, guiding the dumbbells to your shoulders.
- Upon receiving the weight in the squat position, extend the hips and knees to finish in a standing position with the weights on your shoulders.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the hamstrings as its main muscle and is also a pull, on a different piece of equipment.
Other hamstring exercises
- Clean · Barbell
- Clean Deadlift · Barbell
- Double Kettlebell Alternating Hang Clean · Kettlebell
- Floor Glute-Ham Raise · Bodyweight
- Front Box Jump · Other
- Front Leg Raises · Bodyweight
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