What muscles does the Barbell Thruster work?

Mainly the front delts, glutes and quads.

What equipment do you need for the Barbell Thruster?

It uses a barbell. Without it, the Dumbbell Thruster and the Kettlebell Thruster train the same muscles the same way.

GymVim rates it intermediate. For a beginner-rated exercise on the same muscle and movement, see the Band Overhead Press.

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A front squat into an overhead press in one motion — the conditioning workhorse that hits legs, shoulders, and lungs at once.

Set the bar in a front-rack position across the front of your shoulders with elbows lifted high.
Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, brace your core, and keep your chest tall throughout the lift.
Drop into a full front squat by sitting your hips back and tracking your knees over your toes.
Drive hard out of the bottom and use that leg drive to launch the bar off your shoulders.
Press the bar overhead in one fluid motion, finishing with arms locked out and biceps near your ears.
Lower the bar back to the front rack under control and reset for the next rep without pausing.

Pressing the bar with arms only instead of using the leg drive out of the squat to power the press.
Dropping the elbows in the front rack, which collapses the chest and dumps the bar forward.
Cutting the squat depth short to save energy, turning the lift into a half-rep push press.
Catching the bar on the shoulders too hard on the way down, which beats up the front delts over volume.

What muscles does the Barbell Thruster work?: Mainly the front delts, glutes and quads.
What equipment do you need for the Barbell Thruster?: It uses a barbell. Without it, the Dumbbell Thruster and the Kettlebell Thruster train the same muscles the same way.
Is the Barbell Thruster good for beginners?: GymVim rates it intermediate. For a beginner-rated exercise on the same muscle and movement, see the Band Overhead Press.