The Finish
You Bend Your Arms Too Early
The fault
The arms start pulling before the legs and hips have finished.
Why it happens
Early arm bend kills the transfer of force from the floor. The arms are cables during the pull and become the thing that moves you under the bar only after the extension is done.
The fix
Drill the exact range of motion where the bend happens. Practicing the part that breaks, rather than the whole lift, is what makes the habit go away.
About this fix
Originally published as "Keep Loose Arms" on 28 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.

