Strength · Squat · Barbell
Thruster
Thruster is a strength exercise with a barbell that mainly works the quads, with help from the glutes, front delts and triceps.
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 8–12 reps with 2:00 rest. When every set reaches 12 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
- Quads
Also
- Glutes
- Front delts
- Triceps
- Upper back
- Abs
Joints it loads
- Knee a lot
- Shoulder some
- Wrist some
- Lower back some
- Hip 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 thruster, 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.