Log Lift
Trains the Shoulders.
- Equipment
- A log
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force
- Push
- Level
- Intermediate
How to do it
- Stand over the log with your feet about hip-width apart and hinge down to take the neutral handles inside it.
- Pull the log into the shins and roll it up the thighs into your lap, sitting back deep to make a shelf.
- Drive the hips forward and pull the elbows under so the log rolls onto the front of the shoulders, chest up.
- Stand tall with the log racked, the elbows high and the back straight.
- Dip a few inches by bending the knees, then drive up with the legs and press the log overhead until the arms lock.
- Lower the log to the shoulders, then to the lap, then to the floor under control.
Common mistakes
- Skipping the lap. The log goes from the floor to the thighs first and from the thighs to the shoulders; trying to clean it straight to the chest is a rounded-back heave.
- Letting the elbows drop when racked. The log sits on the shoulders with the elbows pointing forward and up; low elbows let it roll down the chest and drag the torso forward.
- Leaning back to press. The log is wider than a bar and sits further from the face, and the fix is a stronger dip and drive rather than a lean.
- Pressing from a soft dip. The dip is a few inches and the drive comes straight out of it; a slow, deep dip loses the bounce the legs give.