Bar Path
Your Weight Gets to Your Toes Too Early
The fault
Shifting onto the front of the foot well before the finish.
Why it happens
Early weight shift is a balance error that shows up as a bar path error. You feel it at the catch, but it happened at the knee.
The fix
A simple progression of pull to waist, then high pull, then full lift. Each step rehearses staying over the foot before adding the part that usually breaks.
About this fix
Originally published as "Virtual Fix with AsianOLY" on 19 September 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.
