How do you “lift with your legs” when you are picking it up with your arms or hands?

Question

I would love to know and have not been able to figure this out when I am trying to lift extremely heavy objects. I always end up hurting my back or shoulders because I don’t know how you force the legs to lift things while you are standing on them in one spot or moving. Are you also supposed to be lifting with your legs while you’re walking the heavy object to its destination?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Go to YouTube abd search the phrase, “starting strength squat form”. You will find explanations at length of how and why to lift heavy objects (in this case a barbell weighing up to 1000 lbs in high level competitions) with a particular form for maximum safety and efficiency. They do go into the mechanics if you look hard enough.