Conditioning · Vertical press · Barbell
Push Jerk
Push Jerk is a conditioning exercise with a barbell that mainly works the front delts, with help from the triceps, quads and side delts.
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 2–5 reps with 2:30 rest. When every set reaches 5 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Warm-up sets are planned from your first work set: the empty bar, then 40, 60 and 80 %.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Front delts
Also
- Triceps
- Quads
- Side delts
- Glutes
- Upper back
Joints it loads
- Shoulder a lot
- Wrist some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of push jerk, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.