• Stand with your mid-foot under the bar, feet should be on a plate or elevated platform, and grip the bar with your hands, about a shoulder width apart.
    Bend your knees, then lift the bar by straightening your back. It is important to keep your back straight.
    Stand to your full height and hold.
    Lower the bar to the floor by bending your knees and keeping your back straight.
  • Set up for a sumo deadlift, grip the barbell.
    Lift, pause at knee height.
    Hold briefly, then complete the lift; reset and repeat for desired reps.
  • Stand with feet hip-width apart, grip the bar just outside your knees. Pull the bar from the floor by driving through your legs, keeping your back straight.
    As the bar reaches your hips, extend explosively, shrug, and drop under to catch it in a front squat position with elbows high. Stand up tall.
    Dip slightly, then drive through your legs to push the bar overhead.
    Stabilize the bar overhead, lock arms, then bring feet together before lowering the bar safely.
  • Stand with feet hip-width apart, grip the barbell slightly wider than shoulder-width, and keep your back straight.
    Drive through your legs, extending your hips, knees, and ankles explosively while pulling the barbell upward.
    As the bar rises, pull it close to your body, leading with your elbows until it reaches chest level.