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Cardio

Barbell Complex

Trains cardio. You'll need a olympic barbell. We use it as an accessory rather than a main lift.

What you need

Equipment
Olympic Barbell
Trains
Cardio
In a plan
An accessory

How to do it

Five moves, no letting go of the bar. An empty bar is plenty on the first go.

Watch the form ↗

That's a search, not a fixed video — deliberately. A pinned clip can be deleted or turn out to be a bad demonstration, and you'd only find out mid-workout.

When we won't give you this

  • We save this for experienced lifters.

None of this is medical advice — see the health disclaimer.

If the machine's busy

These train the same pattern, and they're what the app offers you as a swap: