Under the Bar
Your Feet Stay Planted, You Lift in Concrete
The fault
Feet that never leave the pulling stance.
Why it happens
If the feet do not move you cannot reach full extension and you cannot receive in an optimal position. You are asking one stance to do two different jobs.
The fix
A drill to get the feet moving, so the extension can finish and the catch can happen in a stance built for catching.
About this fix
Originally published as "Move Your Feet" on 12 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.
