Lock Out

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When you throw the barbell powerfully with your hips, it’s awesome to have relaxed arms that merely guide the weight to the right place.  When the bar arrives at the right place, you have to switch those relaxed arms to a fixed structure.

For the jerk and the snatch, this means locking your arms out overhead.  For the clean, this means slamming the elbows up into place.  In all three lifts, soft arms means either a failed lift or a crummy lift that requires extra work to save.

Lock out your arms.  Provide the barbell and your body with an awesome structure so that you can effortlessly support the weight.