After Dodgeball today, we worked on the basic lifts.
Key points with the squat:
Send your hips down and back while maintaining good neutral back position
Drive through the heels and try to push the floor apart with your feet
Squeeze your glutes as you come up
Keep your head aligned with your spine and not torqued up!
Try to maintain and straight up and down bar path where the bar travels right over the middle of your foot
Key Points with the deadlift:
Bar starts at your shins with your feet hip width and your arms shoulder width
Shoulders should be slightly in front of the bar
Drive through your heels maintaining a flat back position(do not round your back)
Keep your head in a neutral position aligned with your spine
Key Points with the shoulder/push press:
Start the bar close to your throat on your shoulders and maintain a straight line path directly over head.
Start with your elbows wide and your wrists tight like you are punching the ceiling
Move your head back and not the bar around your head when pushing overhead
Keep your core tight through the movement and push your head through as the bar goes overhead.
Shrug your shoulders up as the bar moves into the locked position.
When dipping for the push press .. its only a slight bend of the knees
On the dip knees go forward a few inches and then fully extend before pushing with the arms.
Remeber these points for future workouts!






