- Stance width can vary with a sumo DL. Some prefer toes near the plates. Others prefer a more narrow stance to get more drive off the floor.
- Make sure your arms are inside your legs. The bar should be just over your mid-foot. Flatten your back and push your heels into the floor.
- Try to extend your knees and hips simultaneously.
- Stand with a shoulder width grip. Both feet should be on the band with the band loops in each of your hand.
- Push your butt back and also break at the knees.
- Try to hit parallel depth (bottom of your leg should be parallel with the ground). If you can't tell your squat depth, then try squatting in front of a mirror and watch your form.
- Pull your shoulder blades back really hard and place the bar on your posterior delts.
- Push your hips back and break at the knees to initiate the squat.
- Aim to get your hamstrings to parallel with the ground. Push your heels into the floor and squat back up to a standing position.
- Place your legs on the platform with your feet at shoulder width.
- Release the weight and extend your legs fully, without locking your knees.
- Lower the weight until your legs are at a 90° angle (but DO NOT allow your butt and lower back to rise off of the pad. This will put your lower back in a rounded position, which is very dangerous.)
- Raise the weight back to starting position.
