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Barbell Thruster — quadriceps compound exercise in the LIFTAG library

Barbell Thruster

Compound · Weight × reps

Finish stacked, lower it back to the shoulders, and reset your breath. Avoid pressing too early, letting the bar move around your face, or continuing after timing breaks down. Use bumper plates, clear dropping space, and a load you can receive and lower safely; smooth bar path matters more than speed for its own sake.

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Scan the machine's QR tag and this exercise opens ready to log: sets, rest timer, PRs, and your whole progression for Barbell Thruster.

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HOW TO DO BARBELL THRUSTER

  1. Take the bar from a rack into a secure front-rack position, with feet in your squat stance and room overhead.
  2. Brace and front squat to a controlled depth, then drive the floor away and use the rising leg momentum to press the bar overhead.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Open Barbell Thruster in LIFTAG, or tap the NFC tag / scan the QR code on the machine at a partner gym. Log each working set as weight × reps. The rest timer starts after you save the set, and PRs plus estimated 1RM update automatically.

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