Let’s look at dynamic vs static starts with 64kg athletes Rim Un-sim (🇰🇵) and Deng Wei (🇨🇳)! The dynamic start generally involves moving the hips and torso in order to take advantage of a stretch reflex and prime the body for all-out effort. In Rim’s case she raises the hips to stretch the hamstrings, lifting the toes for added stretch or to emphasize the weight on the heels, and then returns to her start position and does a quick and small second pump of the hips before breaking the weight