The Jerk
You Default to a Bad Catch Position Under Load
The fault
Technique that holds up in warm ups and reverts to something else when it gets heavy.
Why it happens
Under stress people go where they are comfortable, not where they are correct. If the right catch position has only ever been practiced light, it will not be there at a max.
The fix
Presses from the split jerk catch position. Drilling the correct position under load makes it the comfortable one.
About this fix
Originally published as "Jerk Catch Position feat. Noah Ohlsen" on 22 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.
