[LisaS]

Originally Posted by LisaS

Feel free to have your trailing leg set down and take all the stress off the working leg between reps. The reason that people here suggest otherwise is to minimize the chance that the trailing leg will contribute anything to the movement.

You don't want the trailing leg to help by giving a pushoff or anything - so many here just brush the ground or land on the heel with the toes up or use other cues to leave the trailing leg out of the movement.

If you can completely unload and then reload the working leg w/out being tempted to push off with the trailing leg (especially on those last few reps), I say go for it.

typos corrected in bold