re: Cues that helped your lifting game

Couple good ones already listed:

-The cleans comment regarding straight arms is a good one. Most amateur lifters suck at clean because of how early they're breaking their arms. If you look at some elite lifters in slow mo and see how high they get in the point, achieving that triple extension, before they break their arms, it's incredible.

-The bench comment regarding lats is a good one. I focus on this and it helps my elbows from flaring out as well.

-The core comment will never get old. Flex it at anything and everything you do. Hell I've been focusing on doing it before unpacking the bar on bench.

-One I'd add is regarding squats. Growing up I always thought of squats as solely and up/down vertical lift. When someone explained to me that it's actually a back/forward horizontal lift, it really helped me. It got me sitting into the glutes and really helped me fire my hips from the hole. I focus on squeezing my groin in the hole, and it really helps.

-Also, it's not a cue, but as I've gotten older, flexibility and mobility is literally a one to one focus for me. For every day that I lift, I have a true mobility/flexibility day. It's beyond critical.