Barbell Basics Olympic-Style Lifting

[therockana]

why do you split your legs while doing cleans..? 

[maxewiii]

@therockana it's just one technique - you do not have to. you can also split your legs on the jerk & snatch too, but do not have to.

[therockana]

@maxewiii yeah but it doesnt look very efficient that way at all... hmmm....

[maxewiii]

@therockana talk to the Olympic committee. I didn't invent the split stance technique.

[therockana]

@maxewiii yeah i know of course..... just wondering..... there are some other weightlifters who use unconventional techniques which seem inefficient but they still make it.... however, this split clean really boggles me...... as i can see, we cant really go very deep, hence it only enables power cleans, instead of deeper cleans... was there any weightlifter who succesfully employed this technique...?

[asianstrength]

that's not how you do a clean and jerk.

[LRkun]

@asianstrength clean and press is not clean and jerk

[asianstrength]

@LRkun that clean and press technique is the worse.

[maxewiii]

@LRkun I'm not performing a "clean & jerck" in this video.

[LRkun]

@maxewiii i did not say you're doing a clean and jerk.

[mursuleryf]

You build your body with "just" that?

[maxewiii]

@mursuleryf - I build my body with surfing, sk8ing pools, beach volleyball, trail-running, HIIT, yoga, bodyweight plyometrics. I only weight-train 2 times per week. Kettlebell too. - Max Wettstein.

[mursuleryf]

@maxewiii Sounds like you've got enough on your plate then ;)

[OHHYESSAHH]

hey im a beginner (as in only 1-2 months into weights) and ive been using this exercise in my routines. i heard recently that it is bad as i am a beginner.. is that true?

[strongmousee]

@OHHYESSAHH It doesn't matter if you're a beginner. You just have to make sure that your form is perfect. I suggest you watch some videos on power lifters doing this exercise. It's not difficult to master it just takes some practice. Also do not go heavy until you know that you have the form down you can easily injure yourself. Practice with the bar alone.

[OHHYESSAHH]

@strongmousee Thanks, yea I carried on doing in since, regardless and have watched so many videos and managed to increase weights... thanks

[NxtGenRev]

excellent video bro

[BatrocTheLeaper]

if your clean aint jumpin it aint a clean

[rmsolympic1]

What is that you're lifting on-reminds me of one of htose skateboard ramps.

[maxewiii]

@rmsolympic1 thank you! Yes it is a skateboard ramp - I sk8 a lot!

[rmsolympic1]

Though it has a low number of views, this video is excellent, prefectly demonstrating the exercises and techniques.

[Spiritualntreligious]

Except for the unnecessary posing the rest of it is amazing. Thanks a bunch.

[hinchunit]

Great Video, well put together I'll have to give this a shot on my full body day.