Take a band (band strength depends on your strength and how much extra tension you want to add to the DL).

I am using a purple band in the pics attached, but you can also use more bar weight and a lighter band.

I set the pins at knee height and wanted to work the lock out on this movement.

Inspired by Matt Kroc I ended up finishing with high reps as I worked up then down in a power-building fashion, from 135 to 405 and then back down again, one plate at a time.

This was my first time doing these actually b/c I never had a rack with ability to attach bands before!

These are excellent for building the lock out and your hams get hit quite hard here since you have much less squatting motion compared to a floor pull.

I performed these after zercher squats, but, double band rack pulls cna certainly be performed first in a workout as a ME movement.

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