Originally Posted by
zft
I think the issue is a combination of not staying over the bar properly (which I need to do better regardless) and starting with the bar slightly behind mid-foot. I'm guessing this is also why I only have this problem on my first rep of deadlifts--once I lower it after the first rep, the bar is in the correct position. Going to first just try setting up with the bar slightly further away from my shins and see what happens.
I tried pausing before pulling after I transitioned to the clean set-up described in SS, but I really didn't like how it felt. Something about starting an explosive movement from a dead-stop like that doesn't feel right to me.
Any thoughts are always welcome and I agree with what you said, at any rate.