| Center of Pressure on the Foot |
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(We posted this to our Facebook page the other day but wanted to preserve it here for future reference.) DID YOU KNOW?: Research involving weightlifting medalists from World Championships and Olympics demonstrate a front-to-back-to-front shift in the center of pressure on their feet during the snatch and clean. The balance on the foot during the pull starts at the outside/front of the foot during lift-off, goes to the middle/back as the bar is passing the knee and ends at the inside/front at extension. Restricting your weight to your heels throughout the lifts is not supported by science.  Derived in part from: Garhammer, J., Taylor, L., "Center of Pressure Movements During Weightlifting," Conference Proceedings Archive, 2 International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports (1984). Liu, Yu-Chuan and Che, Wu-Chou, "Foot Pressure Study During Pulling Phase of Snatch Lifting," Biomechanics Symposia, University of San Francisco (2001).  |