

Again, remember that this is an explosive Olympic lift variation. Let the bar fall quickly back to the starting position, too.

Pretend you have just walked into the room and the weight is on top of your puppy dog. I can’t emphasize strongly enough that this movement should be done explosively. Your elbows should be higher than the bar and aimed 45 degrees back.

Using a wide snatch grip on the bar, yank the bar up and keep it close to your body. They’ve widened my delts and added thickness to my traps. I’m telling you, my delts and traps have always been my best body parts, but snatch-grip high pulls have given them a totally different look. And nothing will build boulder traps like high pulls! As a bonus, the high pull will hit the whole posterior chain: hamstrings, glutes, and lower back. The high pull hits your mid-back, rhomboids, and rear delts. That movement is the snatch-grip high pull, and I believe it can give anyone a “3D” look and make them stretch out a T-shirt. That’s right, you’ll start to look more brutal and more powerful in as few as two sessions. And in all those years I’ve only encountered one exercise that can make a visual difference in a physique within two workouts. I’ve devoted my life to building muscle – on myself and on others – for 17 years. This single exercise will make you look more powerful and scary-looking in just a short amount of time.
