• Stance = wider than shoulder width, but not so wide that the knees roll inside the feet
• Weight in heels
• Back arched/lumbar curve locked in
• Shoulders slightly in front of the bar
• Bar in contact with the shins
• Arms locked straight
• Symmetrical grip inside the knees
• Accelerate through the heels from the ground to full extension of the hips and legs
• Shrug, with straight arms
• Arms follow through by pulling bar to the chin with elbows high and outside
• Return the bar down fluidly in the reverse sequence: arms, then traps, then hips, then knees, back to the setup position