1. Racking higher: The sooner and higher you rack the bar, the more secure it will be and the more loaded eccentric motion you have to feed into elastic rebound out of the bottom. 2. Rigid Trunk: This keeps the rack position secure and maximizes the elastic reaction of the barbell and the legs by limiting the trunk’s absorption of force during the abrupt stop in the bottom. 3. Full depth squat: Stopping short reduces the magnitude of the elastic rebound by slowing the braking of the downward for