Stand tall with a barbell resting across your upper traps and not on your neck. Grip the bar with your hands comfortably wider than shoulder width. Brace your core and keep your chest up. This is your start position. Beginning with the right foot, step behind and across your left foot, bend at the knee and lower towards the ground with control (but do not touch the ground). The left knee should simulatanouely bend and drop it towards the ground. Inhale as you do this. Stop when the front right knee is parallel with the ground. Push off the ground with your right foot and return to the starting position, exhaling as you do so.