- Adjust the barbell to just below shoulder height then load the desired weight onto the bar.
- Assume a shoulder width stance and place your hands at (or just outside of) shoulder width with a pronated grip on the bar.
- Step underneath the bar and unrack it while keeping the spine in a neutral position.
- Take two steps back, inhale, brace, tuck the chin, then press the bar to lockout overhead.
- Exhale once the bar gets to lockout and reverse the movement slowly while controlling the bar back to your chest.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Shoulders