Back extensions work best when you pull with your hamstrings, not your shoulders. Most young athletes get this wrong, lifting from the shoulders instead. The hamstring-driven pull is what actually carries over to athletic performance.
Here's your OLP Quick Tip of the Day. Many young athletes improperly execute the back extension. They end up lifting with the shoulders versus pulling with the hamstrings. The pull is what's going to show up in your performance the way that you want. So here we go. Quick example of what the pull looks like. Here's a pull from the hamstring. It's going to be a properly executed movement. Go. Pull. Down. Here's a lift with the shoulders. This is improper. Go. This is not what you want. When you're properly executing a back extension, you put yourself as an athlete to now take your training to your performance.
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