Improve Lock-Off and Dead-point Power: LAG BOUNCING
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In certain cases, instead of dropping your trailing foot to flag, use it as a springboard!
Bouncing off the low foot, even when it feels close to max extension, conserves momentum and directs energy efficiently, keeping you in flow rather than stalling in a dead hang.
According to Newton’s 3rd Law, pressing into the foothold produces a ground-reaction force that drives your center of mass upward or laterally, so you don’t need to re-accelerate with just your arms. This momentum transfer maintains velocity and reduces wasted effort.
The bounce also activates the kinetic chain. Extension at the ankle, knee, and hip generates sequential muscle firing, transmitting force through the pelvis and trunk to the arms. By engaging glutes, quads, calves, and core, you distribute workload away from the fingers and forearms, preserving grip and delaying pump. Instead of the lagging leg acting as dead weight, it becomes an active contributor.
Keeping four points engaged provides leverage for the rock-over: the high foot “pulls” while the low foot “pushes,” creating torque that elevates the hips and improves the angle of pull on the lead hand. Because you stay connected, you reduce swing, spend less time hanging, and preserve friction for the catch.
Compared to flagging, which often interrupts upward momentum and forces you to pause, bouncing reduces time under tension, lowers isometric fatigue, and improves rhythm.
I highly recommend trying this out with isolated moves in order to identify when this is best to implement! It is a GAME CHANGER when it’s applicable!
Video Filmed and Edited by Dylan Hickerson
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