Step 1
• Start with the barbell in the rack position, hands just outside the shoulders, elbows high, and feet shoulder-width apart, this is your starting position. • Brace your core and ensure you maintain a neutral spine as your hips descend back and down until your hips are lower than your knees. • Keep your heels down throughout this part of the movement. • Extend your knees and hips rapidly, then press the barbell overhead so that your hips, knees and arms are at full extension. • You should feel tension in your glutes, quads and shoulders.
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