Overhead
Your Scaps Are Loose Overhead
The fault
No upper back engagement supporting the bar overhead.
Why it happens
Overhead stability is an upper back job as much as a shoulder job. If the scaps are not set and the traps are not engaged, the bar has nothing underneath it.
The fix
Keep the scaps tucked and tight, rotate the arms in slightly, and push up hard to bring the traps and upper back into the position.
About this fix
Originally published as "Get Stable Overhead!" on 7 September 2015, part of The Lifting Fix, a free weekly weightlifting technique series Danny Lehr ran from June 2015 to December 2016. Every episode is free here and always will be. For the full structured course, see the professionally filmed program.
