Peach Strength and Movement

I filmed this with a cold, the cut half way through is where I stopped for like 15sec to catch my breath.

Anyway hang work is pretty useful, not only as a simpler variation, but when done intentionally a really effective way to support building awareness of and utilising leg drive through the end of the pull. Intentionally being the key word- also real easy to do none of that and just yeet the bar around like it’s a kettlebell swing.

Sooooo what I’ve now realised with a bunch of recent posts that mention being balanced or finding balance or the importance of balance…. is that what ‘balanced’ even is might not be clear. It’s two things- balanced overall and then ideal balance.

Balanced overall means not falling over, that one’s pretty obvious 😂.

IDEAL balance is what allows optimal use of legs to drive the bar up (the key word being ‘up’). This one is less obvious if you’re getting it right, because;

If your weight is distributed more into your heels or more into the toes as you pull, you’ll probably still be able to do the lift, but will be limited with how much the legs can contribute. This is because your weight distribution here means max leg drive will send things in directions other than up, and if it’s not ‘up’, then overall balance becomes a lot harder to maintain. If the choice ends up being between less leg drive or falling over, subconsciously our bodies are going to prioritise staying off the floor.

All that to explain why your balance might need adjusting even though you are making lifts- and moving from heels to toes to the middle of your feet in your start position is a simple way to start feeling where you want it.

No one queried this with me but you know that never stopped me.

Bro what a month

Some things we need to make happen, others will happen themselves when we get the key things right.

Coming up on to the toes at the top of the pull is a natural outcome from an effective leg drive, it isn’t generally a specific thing that needs to be trained.

If it’s something you feel like should be happening but isn’t, most likely either you’re not balanced, and/or you need to push more aggressively through the legs (and for longer).