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- 01Stand securely with the cable bar at your shoulders, hands just outside shoulder width, and elbows beneath the bar.
- 02Brace your trunk, keep your ribs stacked over your pelvis, and avoid using leg drive.
- 03Press the bar overhead while moving your head slightly back and then through as the bar clears it.
- 04Lock your elbows with your shoulders active and the cable path controlled above you.
- 05Lower the bar smoothly to the shoulders without arching your lower back, then reset.
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