The Amazing Stickie is a very busy stickperson. She likes efficient workouts so she can get on with her life. The clean and press is an exercise that works well for her, since it works her whole body at once.
She begins holding weights at her sides. She squats down, lowering the weights close to the floor. Then she straightens her legs, lifting the weights up to shoulder level. From there, she presses the weights overhead. Then she returns the weights to shoulder level, and squats back to the floor.
(This version of the exercise uses dumbbells. If Stickie has a spotter, she sometimes uses a heavy barbell instead. In that case, she sometimes does an additional small squat to help her raise the bar from her shoulders to overhead. Stickie, like all of us, is very cautious about lifting heavy weights and never does it all by herself.)
If the weights are pretty light, a set of 30 reps is doable. As always, follow Stickie’s good example and stop if form deteriorates.
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