But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

In this situation the distance the lifter must pull the rope becomes twice the distance the weight travels, allowing the force applied to be halved.

The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage (typically to mid chest height) (the pull) at which point the barbell is flipped overhead.

However, as performed in contests, the weight is always heavy enough to demand that the lifter receive the bar in a squatting position, while at the same time flipping the weight so it moves in an arc directly overhead to locked arms.