Eenteresting. The way I was taught was to try to minimize the pull from the arms. The front wheel lift was achieved by getting pedals into a power position and then kicking down really hard on that good foot and shifting your butt back a bit at the same time. When timed well with the compression of a front fork (a little harder on a road bike), the front wheel just naturally comes up.

Once there, then it's a matter of shifting your weight forward and sort of donkey kicking your feet, visualizing curling your toes underneath the pedals and lifting the back of the bike up. It's the subtle timing that transitions the front wheel lift to the rear wheel lift and you've got both wheels in the air at the time time, a bunny hop, QED.