How you set your grip is a critical factor in your setup. Too wide or too narrow can change how the load moves through the body. In an ideal world, the hands and the thumbs, in particular, will be directly under the shoulders or maybe slightly wider, but don’t assume that that is what you are doing or where you are placing them. Have your coach or training partner confirm this is the case and make a chalk ring just inside or outside where you want your grip so you can quickly verify that the grip is set where you want it. Film yourself and review the footage if training alone.

Now, with a mixed grip, the supinated (palm up) hand will move the grip, and where the thumb wraps around the bar is out farther than the pronated (palm down) hand. So, instead of your symmetrical grip, it is shifted farther away on one side, and your perfect setup is no longer ideal.

To account for this focus on where the ring fingers of each hand are set on the bar. This will ensure a symmetrical grip in all grip variations.