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Log Lift

How to do the Log Lift with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

CompoundOtherIntermediatePush
Primary muscles

Shoulders

Secondary

Abs, Chest, Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower Back, Mid Back, Quads, Traps, Triceps

Equipment

Other

Step by step

How to do the Log Lift

  1. 1

    Begin standing with the log in front of you. Grasp the handles, and begin to clean the log. As you are bent over to start the clean, attempt to get the log as high as possible, pulling it into your chest. Extend through the hips and knees to bring it up to complete the clean.

  2. 2

    Push your head back and look up, creating a shelf on your chest to rest the log. Begin the press by dipping, flexing slightly through the knees and reversing the motion. This push press will generate momentum to start the log moving vertically. Continue by extending through the elbows to press the log above your head. There are no strict rules on form, so use whatever techniques you are most efficient with. As the log is pressed, ensure that you push your head through on each repetition, looking forward.

  3. 3

    Repeat as many times as possible. Attempt to control the descent of the log as it is returned to the ground.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Log Lift set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your shoulders volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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