Points Of Performance
- Stand on feet with hip-width apart
- Hands wide enough that the bar rests in crease of hips when legs and hips are extended
- Hook grip on the bar
- Shoulders slightly in front of the bar at set-up
- Lumbar curve maintained
- Hips and shoulders rise at the same rate
- Hips extrend rapidly
- Heels stay down until hips and legs extend
- Shoulders shrug, followed by a pull under with the arms
- Bar is received in a partial overhead squat
- Squat complete at full hip, knee and arm extension with the bar over the middle of both feet
