Build Launch Power

Barbell Deadlift

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1. Load the barbell and roll it against your shins. Bend at your hips and knees and grab the bar with an overhand grip, your hands just beyond shoulder width. 
2. Without allowing your lower back to round, pull your torso back and up, thrust your hips forward, and stand up with the barbell. Squeeze your glutes as you perform the movement. Lower the bar to the floor, keeping it as close to your body as possible.

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• This move has been excerpted from The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises by Adam Campbell.

Dumbbell Jump Squat

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1. Hold a pair of dumbbells at arm's length next to your sides, your palms facing each other. Dip your knees in preparation to leap.
2. Explosively jump as high as you can. When you land, reset quickly before jumping again.

• This move has been excerpted from The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises by Adam Campbell.

High Box Jump

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1. Stand in front of a sturdy, secure box that's high enough so that you have to jump with great effort in order to land on top of it. Your feet should be shoulder-width apart. Dip your knees.
2. Jump up onto the box with a soft landing.
3. Step down and reset your feet.

• Tip If you can't "stick" the landing, the box is too high.
• This move has been excerpted from The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises by Adam Campbell.

Barbell Good Morning

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1. Grab a barbell and position it across your upper back and hold it with an overhand grip.
2. Without changing the bend in your knees, bend at your hips and lower your torso until it's almost parallel to the floor. Pause, then raise your torso back to the starting position.

• This move has been excerpted from The Men's Health Big Book of Exercises by Adam Campbell.