Can someone tell me how to correctly ‘power clean’? I just wasted about 10 minutes getting through the first portion of Chad Waterbury’s ‘Hybrid Hyptrophy’ routine trying to do these things, and yet I feel no ‘burn or sting.’ although I did feel a minor ‘buzz’ in my chest.
Note; i’m serious about this, and help would be appreciated.
You wont NEED to do the full front squat at the “rack” position. Just do a 1/4 squat when you catch it on the delts.
[quote]DominicanDL wrote:
Here you go
http://www.uwosh.edu/phys_ed/programs/strengthconditioning/videos/power_clean.mov [/quote]
Great video, DL!
[quote]derek wrote:
DominicanDL wrote:
Here you go
http://www.uwosh.edu/phys_ed/programs/strengthconditioning/videos/power_clean.mov
Great video, DL!
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yeah, it’s nice that they put it in slow-mo.
I heard somewhere to think of your arms as ropes when you powerclean or hang clean(my favorite). I just like to think EXPLODE UP. In some of the videos where the very strong go heavy, its like the lift looks faster at the heavy weights.
I sucked at first with cleans, like most of the untrained. If it looks like a slow reverse curl to your workout partner you may want to drop the weight and work on technique. I got a 205lbs hang clean today and I,m happy for a few days.
[quote]BigLJB wrote:
If it looks like a slow reverse curl to your workout partner you may want to drop the weight and work on technique. [/quote]
not just technique. drop the weight and work on speed. if you’re not doing it with snap you’re too heavy and missing the point of the exercise.
[quote]swivel wrote:
BigLJB wrote:
If it looks like a slow reverse curl to your workout partner you may want to drop the weight and work on technique.
not just technique. drop the weight and work on speed. if you’re not doing it with snap you’re too heavy and missing the point of the exercise.[/quote]
I completely disagree. Once you learn proper (good enough) form, if there is no snap, there is no lift.
Lean the lifts to a level of mastery where you are comfortable in all positions, and where injury will not result. Add weight until you can no longer. Speed is not an issue, as immediate feedback is given. Too slow a lift results in a missed lift.