The clean is not properly executed by emphasizing a shrug of the shoulders at the top of the pull. Such a shrug adds nothing to the speed of the bar and only an inch or two of elevation, while critically delaying jumping under to rack the bar.
The bar should be violently struck by the thighs, at least at the bottom edge of the upper third of the thighs, or even the crease of the hips, rather than from just above the knee to the rack as shown in this video.
Agree with the shrug...we have been de-emphasizing this. You sound like you have listed to the same points that we have from Mark Cannella who has been working with our staff. However, the bar should not be struck violently by the thighs. This will cause the bar to move forward away from the COG. Remember, we work with DIII athletes in a minimal amount of time. We are not training Olympic lifters and the two former interns are demonstrating with an empty bar. Thanks for the post.
When I watch the athletes in the Olympics and worlds, non of them seem to jump and shrug though?? they smash the bar with there hips or high thigh and then get under right away! its almost like a hit and drop, and they use there hips and legs for max explosion on the bar so they can get under it. I guess I am just confused by this video????
@fli05 You are exactly right.....when you watch the Olympics and worlds, they are using maximal weight and are unable to "jump" and leave the floor. The contact with the hips onto the bar is the result of a violent hip pop but I assure you contact with the bar is not intended. As you have probably read in the previous comments, we have changed the way we are teaching the clean after extensive clinics with Mark Cannella and some other S&C staffs. As far as being confused by the video???
good vid...i think u should underline the importance of the shoulders in the final part, cause your athlete tends to have low elbows, keeping all the weight on his wrists! but thanks....its one of the best teaching vids i found on youtube!
very good info helped me alot im not even a weit lifter but the work outs i have started for my jui-jitsu i needed to know how and u showed me very well
There may not be anything you can do about it based on your body type, limb length, etc. But, we do try to use some wrist mobility drills and ankle mobility drills (to help with torso posture).
We foam roll the triceps and try to get our athletes to let the bar roll to their fingers.
Basically, if your upper arm isn't parallel to the floor it's not a huge deal. Especially if you are catching in the power position. Just make sure you are not rounding your back.
@DenisonStrength Thank you for your response. I just realized I said my elbows don't touch my shoulders haha. I meant fingertips as you might have guessed. Anyways, I have never even done a single clean in my life but I wanted to start but figured I would be doing them wrong if my elbows aren't parallel at the top portion. I don't think I have an anatomical issue with doing cleans because I'm normal body size so I'm assuming it's flexibility.
Thanks for the kind words....we have actually made some adjustments and need to update this after some instruction from Mark Cannella.... need to add our progression from the floor as well.
The clean is not properly executed by emphasizing a shrug of the shoulders at the top of the pull. Such a shrug adds nothing to the speed of the bar and only an inch or two of elevation, while critically delaying jumping under to rack the bar.
The bar should be violently struck by the thighs, at least at the bottom edge of the upper third of the thighs, or even the crease of the hips, rather than from just above the knee to the rack as shown in this video.
UC15 2 months ago
@UC15
Agree with the shrug...we have been de-emphasizing this. You sound like you have listed to the same points that we have from Mark Cannella who has been working with our staff. However, the bar should not be struck violently by the thighs. This will cause the bar to move forward away from the COG. Remember, we work with DIII athletes in a minimal amount of time. We are not training Olympic lifters and the two former interns are demonstrating with an empty bar. Thanks for the post.
DenisonStrength 2 months ago
When I watch the athletes in the Olympics and worlds, non of them seem to jump and shrug though?? they smash the bar with there hips or high thigh and then get under right away! its almost like a hit and drop, and they use there hips and legs for max explosion on the bar so they can get under it. I guess I am just confused by this video????
fli05 2 months ago
@fli05 You are exactly right.....when you watch the Olympics and worlds, they are using maximal weight and are unable to "jump" and leave the floor. The contact with the hips onto the bar is the result of a violent hip pop but I assure you contact with the bar is not intended. As you have probably read in the previous comments, we have changed the way we are teaching the clean after extensive clinics with Mark Cannella and some other S&C staffs. As far as being confused by the video???
DenisonStrength 2 months ago
You did a great job on the breakdown of the lift and the drill to make the athletes more efficient at these lifts.
JlindstrUA 2 months ago
@JlindstrUA
thank you for the kind words...we are about to re-do this progression...we have learned a lot since then and have some better AV equipment
DenisonStrength 2 months ago
good vid...i think u should underline the importance of the shoulders in the final part, cause your athlete tends to have low elbows, keeping all the weight on his wrists! but thanks....its one of the best teaching vids i found on youtube!
SergeInho 3 months ago
@SergeInho
Definitely need to emphasize this more....video is a couple years old now and we have made some adjustments
DenisonStrength 2 months ago
No problem, great video though. Very useful.
Thanks.
JLXOutlaw 3 months ago
I like this video, it is very thorough. But I have to say that the sound is awful, almost made me cry ...
HrJeps 5 months ago
@HrJeps
thanks & sorry...we'll try to do better next time
DenisonStrength 5 months ago
@DenisonStrength Go buy a cheap boomstick, it will help localize the sound... it'll kick the concert hall thing you got goin' on.
JLXOutlaw 3 months ago
@JLXOutlaw
Thanks. I appreciate the input. I hope we coach athletes better than we make videos. Good thing I'm not trying to make money. LOL
DenisonStrength 3 months ago
very good info helped me alot im not even a weit lifter but the work outs i have started for my jui-jitsu i needed to know how and u showed me very well
DungeonDawg69 6 months ago
I can't get my elbows to touch my shoulder in the clean position much rather parallel to the ground. How can I improve this flexibility issue?
Kryptsanies 1 year ago
@Kryptsanies
There may not be anything you can do about it based on your body type, limb length, etc. But, we do try to use some wrist mobility drills and ankle mobility drills (to help with torso posture).
We foam roll the triceps and try to get our athletes to let the bar roll to their fingers.
Basically, if your upper arm isn't parallel to the floor it's not a huge deal. Especially if you are catching in the power position. Just make sure you are not rounding your back.
DenisonStrength 1 year ago
@DenisonStrength Thank you for your response. I just realized I said my elbows don't touch my shoulders haha. I meant fingertips as you might have guessed. Anyways, I have never even done a single clean in my life but I wanted to start but figured I would be doing them wrong if my elbows aren't parallel at the top portion. I don't think I have an anatomical issue with doing cleans because I'm normal body size so I'm assuming it's flexibility.
Kryptsanies 1 year ago
Thanks for the kind words....we have actually made some adjustments and need to update this after some instruction from Mark Cannella.... need to add our progression from the floor as well.
DenisonStrength 1 year ago
really good video, thanks!
giuliomencaroni 1 year ago
Very detailed explanation. Kudos!
ewops 1 year ago