FitNessieHow to do it
- Stand with your feet about hip width and hinge forward with your hips back until your torso is between parallel and 45 degrees.
- Hold the bar with an overhand grip slightly wider than your shoulders, arms straight, bar below your knees.
- Keep your knees slightly bent and your back flat and still.
- Pull the bar to your belly, driving your elbows back past your torso.
- Lower the bar under control to straight arms.
Key cues
- Hips back, back flat
- Torso stays still
- Bar over mid-foot
- Elbows tucked and driven back
- Squeeze the shoulder blades
Common mistakes
- Swinging the torso to heave the bar
- Rounding the lower back
- Using too much weight
- Rowing short of your belly
Muscles worked
- Primary
- Lats, upper back, traps and rear delts
- Secondary
- Biceps, lower back and forearms
Equipment
Barbell.
