Best Beginner Push Day Workouts To Olympic Lift

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This structured workout is designed to balance progression with foundational simplicity.

Focusing on the primary Olympic Weightlifting moves—Clean, Snatch, and Jerk—it aims to enhance power and strength.

The exercises are suitable for individuals with less than one year of experience, with manageable weights ensuring mastery of form.

Incorporating Push Day principles, the regimen targets horizontal and vertical push motions, engaging the chest, shoulders, and triceps.

Adaptations for Personal Push-Pull-Leg (PPL) plans make it versatile for athletes aiming to refine their fitness.

The 15 Best Beginner Push Day Exercises to Olympic Lift

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  • 1. Dumbbell Lunge

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    The Dumbbell Lunge is a way to make lunges more challenging by adding dumbbells. It mainly works your thigh muscles (quads) while also helping with balance and strength.

    How to do it

    The Dumbbell Lunge is a way to make lunges more challenging by adding dumbbells. It mainly works your thigh muscles (quads) while also helping with balance and strength.

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    8reps
    20lbs
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    8reps
    20lbs
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    8reps
    20lbs
  • 2. Leg Press

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    Leg Press

    The Leg Press is a great exercise that works your thigh muscles, especially your quadriceps. It is done on a machine that supports your back, making it a stable and effective way to build leg strength.

    How to do it

    The Leg Press is a great exercise that works your thigh muscles, especially your quadriceps. It is done on a machine that supports your back, making it a stable and effective way to build leg strength.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    70lbs
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    8reps
    70lbs
    3
    8reps
    70lbs
  • 3. Lunge

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    Lunges are a great exercise for strengthening your legs, especially the quadriceps. By stepping forward with one leg, you can focus on improving balance and strength on both sides of your body.

    How to do it

    Lunges are a great exercise for strengthening your legs, especially the quadriceps. By stepping forward with one leg, you can focus on improving balance and strength on both sides of your body.

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    8reps
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    8reps
    3
    8reps
  • 4. Lunge Jump

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    Lunge Jump is a dynamic exercise that enhances leg strength and explosive power. It combines a standard lunge with a jump, making it challenging and great for building endurance and strength in your legs.

    How to do it

    Lunge Jump is a dynamic exercise that enhances leg strength and explosive power. It combines a standard lunge with a jump, making it challenging and great for building endurance and strength in your legs.

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    8reps
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    8reps
    3
    8reps
  • 5. Stability Ball Hip Bridge

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    Stability (Swiss) Ball

    The Stability Ball Hip Bridge is a variation of the Glute Bridge that strengthens your glutes while using a stability ball for added challenge. It helps you improve muscle activation and stability. This exercise is performed by holding the position for a set time.

    How to do it

    The Stability Ball Hip Bridge is a variation of the Glute Bridge that strengthens your glutes while using a stability ball for added challenge. It helps you improve muscle activation and stability. This exercise is performed by holding the position for a set time.

  • 6. Mini Loop Band Squat

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    Mini Loop Bands

    The Mini Loop Band Squat is a squat variation that uses a mini loop band to strengthen your legs, especially the quadriceps. The band helps stabilize your knees while you squat, improving your form and preparing you for heavier squats.

    How to do it

    The Mini Loop Band Squat is a squat variation that uses a mini loop band to strengthen your legs, especially the quadriceps. The band helps stabilize your knees while you squat, improving your form and preparing you for heavier squats.

  • 7. Power Skips

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    Power Skips are an explosive exercise that strengthens your legs, especially your quads, hamstrings, and calves. This move involves jumping high on one leg while driving the opposite knee up, improving power and coordination for athletic activities.

    How to do it

    Power Skips are an explosive exercise that strengthens your legs, especially your quads, hamstrings, and calves. This move involves jumping high on one leg while driving the opposite knee up, improving power and coordination for athletic activities.

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    6reps
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    6reps
    3
    6reps
  • 8. Bounds

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    Bounds are a plyometric exercise that targets your legs, especially the glutes, hamstrings, and quads. This exercise involves jumping forward off one leg and landing on the other, helping improve power and agility for sports activities.

    How to do it

    Bounds are a plyometric exercise that targets your legs, especially the glutes, hamstrings, and quads. This exercise involves jumping forward off one leg and landing on the other, helping improve power and agility for sports activities.

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    6reps
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    6reps
    3
    6reps
  • 9. 1-Step Box Jump

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    Box

    The 1-Step Box Jump is a dynamic exercise that helps improve jump height and overall athleticism. It works your quadriceps, glutes, and calves by building momentum with a step before the jump.

    How to do it

    The 1-Step Box Jump is a dynamic exercise that helps improve jump height and overall athleticism. It works your quadriceps, glutes, and calves by building momentum with a step before the jump.

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    7reps
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    7reps
    3
    7reps
  • 10. Dumbbell Thruster

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    Dumbbells

    The Dumbbell Thruster is a full-body exercise that combines a squat and an overhead press, targeting the legs, shoulders, and core. It's great for building strength, balance, and flexibility, making it suitable for all fitness levels and ideal for home workouts.

    How to do it

    The Dumbbell Thruster is a full-body exercise that combines a squat and an overhead press, targeting the legs, shoulders, and core. It's great for building strength, balance, and flexibility, making it suitable for all fitness levels and ideal for home workouts.

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    8reps
    20lbs
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    20lbs
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  • 11. Romanian Deadlift to Shrug

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    The Romanian Deadlift to Shrug is an exercise that works your lower and upper back muscles. It strengthens the hamstrings and glutes while isolating the traps with a shoulder shrug, making it great for improving your posture and overall back strength.

    How to do it

    The Romanian Deadlift to Shrug is an exercise that works your lower and upper back muscles. It strengthens the hamstrings and glutes while isolating the traps with a shoulder shrug, making it great for improving your posture and overall back strength.

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    8reps
    50lbs
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    8reps
    50lbs
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    8reps
    50lbs
  • 12. Romanian Deadlift to High Pull

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    The Romanian Deadlift to High Pull is a combined exercise that works both your lower and upper body. It strengthens your hamstrings, glutes, lower back, traps, and shoulders while improving power and functional strength.

    How to do it

    The Romanian Deadlift to High Pull is a combined exercise that works both your lower and upper body. It strengthens your hamstrings, glutes, lower back, traps, and shoulders while improving power and functional strength.

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    8reps
    45lbs
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    8reps
    45lbs
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    8reps
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  • 13. Dumbbell Hang Snatch

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    The Dumbbell Hang Snatch is a full-body exercise that enhances strength and coordination using one dumbbell. It focuses on explosiveness and balance, helping improve overall athletic performance.

    How to do it

    The Dumbbell Hang Snatch is a full-body exercise that enhances strength and coordination using one dumbbell. It focuses on explosiveness and balance, helping improve overall athletic performance.

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    8reps
    15lbs
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  • 14. Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift to Shrug

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    The Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift to Shrug is a great exercise for strengthening your hamstrings, glutes, and upper back. It involves bending at the hips while holding dumbbells, then shrugging your shoulders at the top, giving you a full-body workout in one move.

    How to do it

    The Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift to Shrug is a great exercise for strengthening your hamstrings, glutes, and upper back. It involves bending at the hips while holding dumbbells, then shrugging your shoulders at the top, giving you a full-body workout in one move.

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  • 15. Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift to High Pull

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    The Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift to High Pull is an exercise that targets your hamstrings, lower back, upper back, and shoulders. It helps improve strength, flexibility, and explosive power in your body.

    How to do it

    The Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift to High Pull is an exercise that targets your hamstrings, lower back, upper back, and shoulders. It helps improve strength, flexibility, and explosive power in your body.

    Sets, Reps, Weight
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    8reps
    20lbs
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    8reps
    20lbs
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    8reps
    20lbs