The Finish
You Are Rushing the Lift and Have No Tempo
The fault
Trying to be fast everywhere instead of fast in the right place.
Why it happens
Skills get built in an order: positions, then tempo, then technique. Lifters who skip to speed end up fast and out of position, which is just a quicker way to miss.
The fix
A drill that teaches you to slow down in order to speed up. Get the positions repeatable at a controlled tempo and the speed shows up on its own where it belongs.
About this fix
Originally published as "Timing is Eerything" on 7 November 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.
