Barbell Exercise Animations

A back squat with bands attached to the bar — adds resistance at the top of the rep where you're strongest.

A barbell shrug performed with the bar behind the body at a 30-degree lean — hits the lower traps and rear delts.

The classic horizontal press for chest, triceps, and front-delt strength — the cornerstone of every push day.

A heavy horizontal pull from a hinged position — builds the lats, mid-back, and biceps in one of the most efficient movements in the gym.

A hip-hinged barbell row pulled with palms down to the belly button, loading the lats and mid back together.

An Olympic lift that cleans the bar from the floor to the shoulders, then jerks it overhead to a locked finish.

A full-body lift that pulls the bar from the floor to overhead in two phases — power, posture, and pressing strength in one rep.

A narrow-grip horizontal press that loads the triceps hard while still working the chest — the heaviest triceps lift in the gym.

The original biceps builder — a standing two-handed curl that loads both arms heavy and trains pure elbow flexion strength.

The conventional pull from the floor — the gold-standard hinge that loads the back, glutes, and hamstrings heavier than any other lift.

A barbell curl variation that drags the bar up the torso, pulling the elbows back to bias the long head of the biceps.

A supine barbell press from the floor that stops the elbows at ground level, cutting range and loading the lockout.

A loaded single-leg step-up with a driving knee at the top — quad strength, glute power, and balance under a front-racked bar.

A floor hip extension with a barbell across the hips, driving to a straight line from knees to shoulders.

A squat-like stand-up with the barbell held behind the legs, driving the knees forward to load the quads.

A steep-incline barbell press around 60 degrees that pushes most of the load into the upper chest and front shoulders.

A bench supported bridge with a barbell across the hips, driven to full hip extension by the glutes.

The 30-to-45-degree incline press that builds the upper chest, front delts, and triceps — the second pillar of any push day.

A single-arm row of a barbell anchored at one end, pulling the loaded sleeve to the hip from a hinged stance.

A loaded forward lunge with plates on the bar, stepping out, dropping, then returning the front foot to a standing start.

A snatch variation that pulls the bar from the floor to overhead with no dip under — a strict-strength teaching lift for the snatch.

The standing strict press from shoulders to overhead — the gold-standard test of pure shoulder strength and bracing.

An explosive pull from the floor to overhead, caught in a quarter squat — full-body power without the depth of a full snatch.

A bench-based overhead arc that stretches and loads the lats — an old-school accessory for back, chest, and rib-cage development.