Mark Ottobre teaches a hip-hinge movement that protects your lower back by loading your hips and knees instead. He cues thumb direction and a glute squeeze at the top to lock in proper form and confirm you're using the right muscles.
All right, I'm gonna get you to stop. A lot of lower back, not a lot of hips. Don't pick them up here, get over them and pick them up, right? So when you pick them up, I want your thumbs to be pointing towards— so when you swing in, you're here, then when you come out, you're there. Think of it as like knees, hips, knees, hips, rather than lower back. There you go. 1, 2, 14. Squeeze your bum at the top. 15, good. 16, good. Where'd you feel it? Bottom.
