Power Clean Technical Question

Training Bodybuilding
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I think I’ve been doing power clean all wrong. I maxed out at 215 at school. My highest max was 245 in weightlifting class. But this is a new time that I’m in it. I think I could’ve gotten a lot more had I had better technique.

My main question is, when you accelerate upward, are you lifting mainly with your legs with enough force that arm strength is irrelevent when flipping the bar? I think I used my arms a lot more than I should have.

I have really strong arms, back and legs but I feel that if I had better technique I could’ve added a good 20-30 pounds when I last maxed out.

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arm strength is almost completely irrelevent in a power clean. to put it simply it should be almost entirely trapezius, shoulders, and leg drive. there are plenty of vids out there.

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Hip drive is most important in a power clean.

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[quote]sed26 wrote:
I think I’ve been doing power clean all wrong. I maxed out at 215 at school. My highest max was 245 in weightlifting class. But this is a new time that I’m in it. I think I could’ve gotten a lot more had I had better technique.

My main question is, when you accelerate upward, are you lifting mainly with your legs with enough force that arm strength is irrelevent when flipping the bar? I think I used my arms a lot more than I should have.

I have really strong arms, back and legs but I feel that if I had better technique I could’ve added a good 20-30 pounds when I last maxed out.[/quote]

I like this analogy:
http://www.fortified-iron.com/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=42204&view=findpost&p=737843

and these videos:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6529481301858251744