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    I keep using my biceps to slow the bar on the way down instead of my back. I did the last rep 30sec later. Sorry i couldnt get my knees in the shot his garage was cluttered.

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    The angle here is somewhat limiting, but a few things:

    1) Your wrists are not stable and actually bend a bit in the takeout. Do you have wrist wraps?
    2) Hard to tell, but I think your elbows might be too far forward in the setup of some of these reps. Have them just slightly in front of the bar.
    3) You need to get tighter in the setup. Squeeze your abs and quads harder.
    4) Doing more than 2 reps in one breath is a lot. It can accumulate a lot of setup/bar path error and you will also lose a lot of tightness. You need to pause, reset, breathe and get tight more than just at the beginning of the set.
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    Press 185 set 3 - YouTube

    Worked my way back up to nearly where i was before. Braced hard. Paused between reps. Started with the bar more securely on the heel of my hand.

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    Could still be tighter and wrists are still bending back. You might feel more comfortable with a grip that is one finger wider.
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    1 question & 1 comment, both for Ted.

    Q: why don't you use the hip 'bounce'?

    C: every set I've watched of yours, when you attempt the last rep and just fall short, I audibly go... 'ooohhh, you HHHAAADDD it!' I'm not a psychopath, promise. Just find it funny.

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    Ill try out my friends wrist wraps.

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    I could start using that to get the first rep up. Yeah, its frustrating when you miss that last one.

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    Not even close to a SS coach, but the cue that saved my wrist bend problem was thinking about snapping the bar in half. It's really hard to squeeze the heck out of a bar with your wrists bent.

    There's also good YouTube videos on how to grab the bar with pointer knuckles angled slightly toward each other, which helps as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tedmiester View Post
    I could start using that to get the first rep up. Yeah, its frustrating when you miss that last one.
    Well, you've got one guy cheering for you!

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    I'd say don't hang out at the top of the lift at all. Once you get a lockout, bring it back down and do the next rep. You can probably cut back a bit on mounting fatigue that way. I used to do that a lot along with a slow eccentric and once I stopped my presses got a lot smoother.

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