High Pull (Barbell)
Pull a barbell explosively from the thighs up to chest height, elbows high, without catching it. Also called High Pull, Snatch Grip High Pull and Clean High Pull.
- Pattern
- Hip hinge
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Works
- Upper back, side delt, glutes, hamstrings
- Loads
- Shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, ankles, lower back
If something hurts
Not medical advice. Sharp pain, numbness or swelling needs someone qualified to look at it.
Each swap below spares one joint.
Shoulder Rack Pull (Barbell)
Same pull with no shrug, so the shoulder stays still.
Elbow Clean Pull (Barbell)
Straight arms, so the elbow is out of the pull.
How Swolver coaches it
This lift is read from your own sessions. When it goes flat for four weeks, Swolver names the likely cause in plain words, such as weekly sets that dropped, and the one change to make. The rules are all on the method page.