Off the Floor
You Are Not Pushing Through Your Whole Foot
The fault
Rolling onto the toes during the pull, or shuffling the feet before the finish.
Why it happens
Power comes out of the floor. If the pressure moves to the front of the foot early, you lose leverage and balance at exactly the moment you need both, and the bar travels forward with you.
The fix
Stand on a couple of plates with the heels loaded and pull from there. The setup makes it obvious when you shift forward and forces you to stay over the whole foot.
About this fix
Originally published as "Pull with Massive Power" on 14 December 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.
