Bar Path
You Get Behind the Bar Too Early
The fault
The torso comes upright before the bar reaches the hip.
Why it happens
Staying over the bar keeps the load on the legs and back for longer. Standing up early hands the lift to the arms and the lower back before the bar has any speed.
The fix
Add a pause exactly where the position is being missed. Pull, hold two or three seconds at the hip, then finish. The pause makes the athlete live in the position they have been skipping.
About this fix
Originally published as "How to Stay Over the Bar" on 22 February 2016, 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.
