Get off your Feet

"Get off your feet". That's what my first coach, John Drewes used to say to me at competitions. I'd be standing around chit chatting with fellow lifters or fellow coaches before warm ups and that's what he'd say, "get off your feet". I'd usually find a chair or something and sit my butt down and lay low. I had to be reminded back then, but it's second nature now. Every now and then, look around at a competition, the good lifters are laying low, relaxing. It's kind of like the calm before the storm, the more you relax and the more energy you save, the more explosive you will be when the time comes.