Under the Bar
Your Feet Land Way Too Wide
The fault
Jumping the feet out far wider than a functional squat stance.
Why it happens
Too wide is the opposite error and just as costly. You lose depth, the hips cannot get under, and you are catching in a position you cannot stand up from.
The fix
Constraint based training again. Put barriers where the athlete needs the help, let them make the adjustment against the barrier, then remove it. The correction sticks.
About this fix
Originally published as "Landing Footwork" on 22 August 2016, 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.
