Jerk (with a barbell)
Dallas Personal Trainer - This exercise is very rarely utilized by Dallas Personal Trainers. It requires a very high degree of flexibility in the shoulder girdle, a high degree of coordination throughout the entire body, and a knowledgeable trainer to instruct it. Quite frankly, most Dallas personal trainers do not even know how to perform this exercise properly themselves and are therefore very unqualified to teach it to their clients so they tend to shy away from it.
Get a barbell set up on a rack at shoulder height, take a grip slightly wider than shoulder width, and lift it off, holding it across the front of your shoulders. Step back from the rack and get a strong stance at about shoulder width. Bend your legs into a semi-squat and then explode up pushing through the floor with you legs. Use you arms to continue the bar's momentum upward, while throwing one foot forward and the other back. Land on your feet as your arms completely lock out with the bar above your head. Once you have firmly stabilized the weight above your head in the full lockout position, step your front foot backward halfway (to your back foot). Then step your back foot forward halfway forward so that it ends up next to your front foot again (as it was in the starting position). Lower the bar back to shoulder level, semi-quickly, letting your hips absorb the weight (not your lower back). Repeat for the number of reps specified by your workout program.
As always, we do not recommend performing any exercise without the supervision of a highly qualified Dallas personal trainer. This exercise description is for informational purposes only. Consult your doctor before attempting any workout program or attempting this exercise or any other exercise on this website.
Get a barbell set up on a rack at shoulder height, take a grip slightly wider than shoulder width, and lift it off, holding it across the front of your shoulders. Step back from the rack and get a strong stance at about shoulder width. Bend your legs into a semi-squat and then explode up pushing through the floor with you legs. Use you arms to continue the bar's momentum upward, while throwing one foot forward and the other back. Land on your feet as your arms completely lock out with the bar above your head. Once you have firmly stabilized the weight above your head in the full lockout position, step your front foot backward halfway (to your back foot). Then step your back foot forward halfway forward so that it ends up next to your front foot again (as it was in the starting position). Lower the bar back to shoulder level, semi-quickly, letting your hips absorb the weight (not your lower back). Repeat for the number of reps specified by your workout program.
As always, we do not recommend performing any exercise without the supervision of a highly qualified Dallas personal trainer. This exercise description is for informational purposes only. Consult your doctor before attempting any workout program or attempting this exercise or any other exercise on this website.