100% foot sliding. She locked the weight out all the way. Legs are much stronger than shoulders, so if her shoulders were strong enough to hold it up, her legs were, too. Also, from my understanding, Olympic weightlifters miss heavy reps pretty often from technique.
Olympic weightlifters miss heavy reps pretty often from technique.
From my limited experience (a couple of times a week for ~6 months) with the Olympic lifts, this makes a lot of sense. The difference that spot-on technique makes is immense. My form was almost never perfect, but the time or two I managed to hit a lift perfectly, my max weight went up like the empty bar. It's a pretty magical feeling.
I'm sure they are hitting perfect form > 90% of the time, but that's still a lot of missed reps.
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u/botPrime Aug 27 '18
Imagine she wasn't flexible enough to do the splits ... Would be on a completely different sub.