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Dumbbell Thruster

Cardio & Conditioning · full · intermediate

Dumbbell Thruster — start positionStart
Dumbbell Thruster — end positionFinish
similar: Kettlebell Thruster

How to do it

Hold a dumbbell on each shoulder, squat to at least parallel, then drive up out of the hole and use that momentum to press both dumbbells straight overhead in one unbroken movement.

Muscles worked

Primary: full · Also works: quads, shoulders, glutes, core

Equipment

Dumbbells

Common mistakes

  • Pausing at the top of the squat and turning it into a squat plus a separate press, which loses all the leg drive
  • Letting the ribs flare and the back arch as the weights lock out overhead
  • Pressing the weights forward in front of the head instead of finishing with them stacked over the shoulders

Variations

  • Single dumbbell goblet thruster
  • Alternating single-arm thruster
  • Barbell thruster from the front rack

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