Off the Floor
Your Stance Is Too Narrow and It Pulls You Forward
The fault
Getting dragged forward on heavier lifts because the pulling stance is too narrow.
Why it happens
Foot width sets how much room the hips have to sit back and how much support the torso gets. Too narrow and the lifter has to lean over the bar more to reach it, which is fine until the weight is real.
The fix
Widen the pulling stance. Alec Smith kept his chest up at heavier weights by moving his feet out, which gave the hips somewhere to go instead of forcing the torso forward.
About this fix
Originally published as "Correct Foot Position feat. Alec Smith" on 26 October 2015, part of The Lifting Fix, a free weekly weightlifting technique series Danny Lehr ran from June 2015 to December 2016. Every episode is free here and always will be. For the full structured course, see the professionally filmed program.
