Log Lift

What it is

This challenging, full-body strength movement requires you to lift a heavy log from the ground to a locked-out position overhead. It primarily builds strength in your shoulders, while also powerfully engaging your core, legs, and back. This exercise develops significant power and functional strength.

Technique tips

• Use your powerful legs and hips to initiate the clean.
• Create a stable shelf with your chest to rack the log.
• Drive your head through to fully lock out the log overhead.
• Maintain a tight core throughout the entire lift.
• Control the log’s descent back to the starting position.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.