- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and a barbell resting on your upper back.
- Lower your body into a squat position, pausing for a moment at the bottom of the movement before standing back up.
- Push through your heels to return to the standing position.
- Start hinged forward with a flat back and the plates resting on the floor. Make sure your elbows are fully extended.
- Pull the bar to your sternum.
- Return the plates back to the floor and let the bar come to a full dead stop.
- Then initiate the next rep.
- Begin by standing with your feet hip-width apart and holding a barbell at one side of your body, with your palms facing your thighs.
- Keeping your core engaged and your back straight, bend at the hips and knees to lower the barbell down towards the ground.
- As the barbell reaches the ground, use your legs and glutes to push through your heels and extend your hips and knees to raise your body back to the starting position.
- Repeat the movement for the desired number of reps, then switch sides and repeat the exercise with the barbell on the opposite side of your body.
- Begin by standing in front of a barbell with your feet about hip-width apart.
- Bend at the hips and knees to grab the barbell with a supinated (underhand) grip, positioning the barbell about an inch away from your shins.
- Keeping your back straight and your core engaged, use your back muscles to lift the barbell straight up towards your chest.
- As the barbell reaches your chest, pause briefly, and then lower the barbell back to the starting position.
