Power Clean Form
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Would like help on my power clean form. Not looking for fashion advice, style suggestions or general abuse, just form help.
I have two webms - this one is with a big jump, but I think my arms arent quite straight and my feet are too wide when I land.
I'll post the other one in a moment.
Here. I think I catch the bar well here, but obviously the jump is woeful.
You may be able to tell today is the first day I tried power cleaning.
>>34935440
this is a joke right?
I have some other reps on my phone, but these are the two extremes - either I jump well and catch the bar shittily, or I catch the bar well and jump shittily.
>>34935478
nope. This is the first time I have ever tried powercleaning and I just dont get it.
Do you have any tips?
>>34935440
you're pulling with your arms. You're supposed to create an upwards force on the bar through the power exerted during the jump, then force your elbows up and catch in the rack position.
Watch videos, read ss, etc.
>>34935440
Your arms are supposed to be stiff before the jump
your knees are too far apart
>>34935440
Elbows should be up at the end, like your humerus should be parallel to the ground. Your jump is an actual jump and looks ridiculous, I think even you can see that. Don't reverse curl the bar. Try it with some actual weight on and deadlifting from the floor.
>>34935440
Work on your front squat form before even attempting to clean. Your knees are way too fucking far forward and your ass needs to be way back. The jump looks retarded and you're supposed to land on your heels, not your toes.
At least you're not using any weight though.
>>34935440
>>34935456
Looks also like you're not using a hook grip, which you should be in order to rack the bar properly with elbows up.
>>34935440
Also since you're squatting (badly) at the end it's not a real power clean. Why the fuck are you even squatting? Read SS and watch the DVD
>>34935589
I lowbar back squat. Is it worth trying some front squats to help with the positioning?
>>34935553
>>34935587
How can I stop my arms from bending? It seems impossible to complete the movement without at least bending them a little.
>>34935599
Okay. I was doing a deadlift-style double overhand I think.
>>34935587
Okay, ill put some weight on next time and pull from the floor. Its just that the internet guide I was reading suggested doing it step-by-step, so I was trying to pull from mid-thigh to rack position.
>>34935617
Okay, I'll see if I can find this DVD.
Thanks for all the help!
>>34935631
The clean is 50% front squat. You're catching the bar in the front squat position so the better you are front squatting, the better your clean is going to be.
Think of the pull like a cable row, where you pull from the ground up. You're doing the same thing but when it reaches your shoulders you're dropping into a squat position and getting under it to catch it.
here op
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUSGjo0aD0M
very simple one, bump the bar in the pelvis area and dont be afraid to go down and meet the bar/go undearneath it, instead of draging the bar some few inches at the end, and dont hold the bar in the upper position with you arms let it rest on your collarbone
