[quote]decimation wrote:
I have tried it with normal straps with 70kg and it felt bad. I think 100kg would be enough for a bad wrist strain. I do find it very frustrating though because I can lift big for me weights 140kg and more recently 160k close to my sternum but cannot complete the clean.
If I could get the catch , there is no way I could jerk it anyway.
I am not an olympic lifter but I really starting to enjoy high pulls.
I took some of the advice here and dropped the weight, so I mostly only do weights I can pull to chest /sternum or thereabout. I was clean pulling heavy weights to belly button previously and I was burning out quickly.
It seems that you have to be able clean deadlift the weight fairly effortlessly to be able to throw it.
I do really appreciate all the input here even if I haven’t taken everything on board yet.
I am still sort caught between the catapult and lifting up on your toes style. I do a bit of both.[/quote]
A Clean pull/ Deadlift is not comparble to an actual Clean or DeadLift.
Post a video.
If your pulling with your arms you CAN NOT RACK THE BAR AS THEY ARE LOADED. The bar should be coming up because of the 2nd pull and your arms are only used to shrug when straight and then the bar has all the momentum it’ll get. Then you rack the bar by driving your elbows forwards.
How much weight can you Clean?
From the sounds of thing it isn’t the hook grip thats limiting you, but technique.
Koing