Instructions
Preparation
- With feet flat beneath bar squat down and grasp bar with shoulder width or slightly wider over hand or mixed grip.
Execution
- Lift bar by extending hips and knees to full extension. Pull shoulders back at top of lift if rounded. Return by bending knees forward slightly while allowing hips to bend back behind, keeping back straight and knees pointed same direction as feet. Repeat.
Comments
- Throughout lift keep hips low, shoulders high, arms and back straight. Knees should point same direction as feet throughout movement. Keep bar close to body to improve mechanical leverage. Also see Deadlift under Erector Spinae.
Classification
| Utility: | Basic |
| Mechanics: | Compound |
| Force: | Pull |