• Start with bar touching shins
• Grip bar just outside athletic stance, then get into deadlift position with back locked, shoulders up, abs and chest flexed
• Begin initial pull by extending hips and knees
• When bar is just above knees, begin second pull; explode by forcefully shrugging and fully extending hips, knees and ankles
• Pull bar up keeping it close to chest
• Drop under bar and catch along front of shoulders in athletic stance with knees bent