Under the Bar
You Jump Backwards Instead of Finishing Tall
The fault
Traveling backwards at the finish, which usually comes with landing on the toes.
Why it happens
Jumping back means the extension went backwards instead of up. It is often a compensation for the bar being too far forward earlier in the pull.
The fix
Constraint based training. Put a piece of plywood behind the athlete so going backwards is not an option, and the finish redirects upward on its own.
About this fix
Originally published as "How To Fix Your Footwork" on 1 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.
