The Role of Technique in Performance

The first problem I have is that people putting that out there who are in positions of power, authority, say, hey, don't lift like this, or you'll get hurt. That's a big nocebo. So effectively what you've done is you've conditioned somebody to expect that if they have a form deviation that they will, in fact, become injured and have pain. As far as what role does technique, quote unquote, good technique, whatever that means, I think for, you know, you'd have to come to an agreement about what good technique actually is,. And so I think from a performance standpoint, this is actually much easier because it is the one that