The Thruster
The Thruster is one of the best exercises that you can do to:
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Lose Body-Fat
- Increase your Cardio-Vascular Fitness
- Increase your Core Stability
- Increase Total Body Strength
- Improve your Agility and Co-ordination
Designed as a combination of a Front Squat and an Overhead or Push Press,
The Thruster has surprised many experts in the fitness and personal training world.
Especially when used as part of a HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) or Tabata workout, the Thruster produces results unlike any other exercise.
How to Do the Thruster
The thruster is one of the greatest lifts no one has ever heard of in the gym.And here's how to do it.
To begin, you take two dumbbells or a barbell or sandbag or kettlebells or Slosh Tube or small child and hold them at shoulder height.
Squat down, keeping the weight on your shoulders.
Begin by coming up and out of your squat.
As you rise up, press the weights to the overhead lockout position.
You can either press as you rise or use the momentum to help rocket the weight overhead.
Thruster Videos
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The Most Important Thing About The Thruster
If you don't feel a little nauseous after a set of Thrusters....you aren't doing it right.
Twitter Search for "The Thruster"
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- Doll_Mouse
- [2009/11/08] Timed: 5 rounds of Thruster, Barbell @ 45 lbs, Kettlebell Swing @ 35 lbs, Burpee, Double-Under: 14:28 #crossfit
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- GabeRuediger
- how to make crossfit harder? Dont pay attention to directions and do a clean into each thruster. Pay attention next time! Ok, got it =(
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- psedillo
- Thruster power, activate! http://bit.ly/28qeCv #crossfit #WOD
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- CrossFitChron
- CrossFit hurt this morning... 8 min-135# thruster, 5 burpees/min 8 min-53# kb swing, 5 burpees/min 8 min-135# power clean, 5 burpees/min
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