The Jerk
You Miss Jerks From Poor Overhead Stability
The fault
The jerk gets overhead and then falls apart.
Why it happens
The instability could be in the shoulders, the elbows or the midline. Chasing each one separately takes a long time, and most lifters guess wrong about which one it is.
The fix
The jerk recovery. It addresses all three potential causes at once, which makes it a good default when you cannot tell where the leak is.
About this fix
Originally published as "Jerk Stability" on 18 July 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.
