Keep missing third rep in a triple for the same reason.

[Nic Lane]

I'm doing triples on intensity day and a couple times now in the last 5 or 6 weeks I have missed the third rep (when it feels like I should have enough left to make it) because I either got a little forward on the second rep and burned up too much energy good morning-ing the bar back over my mid foot, or as was the case today, I got over my toes on the last rep and just couldn't bring it back.

Other than just not doing that - do you have a cue that could help me avoid getting into the situation in the first place? Chest up seems right, but I figured I'd run it by the expert.

Thanks.

[Mark Rippetoe]

If you can't hold your form together for a triple, change to singles or doubles.

[Nic Lane]

If can't hold your form together for a triple, change to singles or doubles.

Ah, I hadn't thought of that option yet. But let me test something with you first - because I'd like to run triples out a little longer if it's reasonable. I'll think harder about the switch to doubles or singles if that's still your recommendation after this.

I looked back at my log and the first time this happened was March 27th with 335 (and it turns out I did a second set that time and made all three - I had forgotten about that). Then it happened again today with 365. So the run between those two weights was relatively trouble free. That makes my non-30-years-of-coaching-experience brain think it's a form fault that I might be able to fix rather than the weight just being too damn heavy for me to manage three times with decent form.

Does that seem like a reasonable conclusion or does it seem like time for doubles?

Thanks again.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Sounds to me like you're doing doubles already. But post a video and I'll take a look at your form.

[Nic Lane]

Sounds to me like you're doing doubles already.

What makes it seem like I'm doing doubles already? Over the last nine weeks I've missed my third rep twice, so for seven of those weeks I've made my triple.

[Mark Rippetoe]

Incomplete reading comprehension of your OP makes it seem like that.