“Hang Pulls” are a great two foot exercise that can be done with a good amount of weight (if your strong enough) due to its limited range of motion. Make sure you have good alignment; shoulder blades back, knuckles down, back set, knees bent (jumping position), and drive the bar up, finishing with a shrug. You can leave the ground if you are doing moderate weight but, due to the limited range of motion with this exercise you should be doing 1x or 1.5x your body weight for 4 sets at 6 reps. This exercise will also strengthen the 2nd pull in the “Power Clean” a very important exercise for any athlete. Thanks for stopping by, create a great day! -Coach T
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#1 by Pickett - December 6th, 2009 at 16:00
Yo T! diggin the facial hair in the clean video. Will those pull cleans help build my traps?
#2 by Scott Thom - December 6th, 2009 at 16:17
Yah they will help build bigger traps also, great for 2nd pull of the clean!!!
#3 by Kobeeeee - June 18th, 2010 at 07:16
are you actually jumping a bit here? I am colelcting exercises to increase my vertical. should I be doing hang pulls then?
thanks. excellent site. I am a hobby basketball player trying to improve….
#4 by Scott Thom - July 13th, 2010 at 17:51
Yes, thanks for viewing and great question! -Coach T