
Instructions
Preparation
- Stand with a shoulder width or narrower stance with feet
flat beneath bar. Grasp bar with a shoulder width or slightly
wider mixed grip or slightly wider.
Execution
- Squat down to lower bar by bending hips and knees. Lift bar
by extending hips and knees to full extension. Pull shoulders
back at top of lift if rounded. Return and repeat.
Comments
- Throughout lift keep hips low, shoulders high, arms and back
straight. Keep bar close to body to improve mechanical leverage.
Also see Deadlift
under Gluteus Maximus.
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Classification
Muscles
Target
Synergists
Dynamic
Stabilizers
Stabilizers
Antagonist
Stabilizers
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