Quote Originally Posted by staypuft View Post
I will try and use the drive the bar into the traps cue as well as the hip drive. Thanks for the good info.
No prob. And I'd recommend you use BOTH. Come up with hip drive right after the bounce off the hamstring attachments once you've hit depth, but before your back angle changes too much start pushing with the traps too.

This goes against how Rip coaches his novices, but as I'm so fond of saying, things change as you get stronger. You may want to mix in a little advice from powerlifters and that advice is to drive the traps into/against bar. I'd keep Rip's recommended hip drive in there too and try to make both work for me (in fact, that's exactly what I do).