- Place the bar on your traps. You may need a pad so the bar doesn't dig into your cervical spine.
- Push your hips straight back. Your knees should stay MOSTLY extended (think soft knees). Also make sure to
- Look for what feels like a stretch in your hamstrings. The stretch feeling means you're likely nearing the end of your Range of Motion without rounding your spine.
- When you feel the stretch push your hips forward until you're in a standing position.
- Take a shoulder width, double overhand or mixed grip.
- Push your hips back while leaving your knees mostly extended. Look for a stretch in your hamstrings.
- When you feel the stretch, push your hips forward until you're back in a standing position.
- Begin by standing with your feet about hip-width apart and holding the bar in the crook of your arms, near your belly. Your palms should be facing towards your body.
- Sit back and lower your body down until your thighs are parallel to the ground, keeping your back straight and your core engaged.
- Push through your heels to extend your hips and stand back up to the starting position.
- Hold trap bar, stand tall with slight knee bend.
- Hinge hips back, lowering bar along thighs.
- Keep back neutral and tension in hamstrings.
- Drive hips forward to return upright.
