Mike Burgener: Coaching The Hang Power Clean

[realgram]

not trying to hate or anything, she is damn strong and does a good job, but to the people saying she has perfect form- are you only watching on the way up?? her form on the way down doesn't look too good to me, she's just bending forward and rounding her lower back... could definitely lead to injury for her.

[jie386]

Is it odd for me to do this exercise without the jump? I don't ever see the need to jump even with heavy loads... I may just be doing the exercise wrong then but any input would be well appreciated xD

[dp1569]

@jie386 Of course a lot of people will say YES! YOU NEED TO JUMP, but right now there is some controversy. The current coach of the U.S. Olympic team advocates a flat footed "catapult" as opposed to the normal method known as the "triple extension".

[fuser1984]

Thanks for this. I always come back to see!

[Snodgers3rdclass]

this looks dangerous :x

[pam0077]

When I catch the bar, I have a tendency to slam the bar into the bottom of my throat when I let go of the grip as shown. The bar won't do that if I catch it with a tight grip, but of course that will force my elbows to stay at my sides = bad form.

I've just been doing high pulls instead, but after seeing this video, I want to try hang-cleans again. If only I could figure out what i'm doing wrong.

[Bellarugger]

@pam0077 i used to have a similar problem- i would slam it on my clavicle. now i focus on keeping my upper arms parallel to the floor which creates a kind of shelf/rack with my anterior deltoids. it's also almost impossible (for me, anyway) to maintain a tight grip when the bar's racked on your ant delts. maybe if you try not placing the bar so far back toward your throat & instead on your shoulders, that would help. like i said, think of your anterior deltoids as the shelf/rack. works for me :)

[Tmathh]

damn shes better then i am...i fuckin suck

[AssyrianPowers]

Beautiful form.

Sitenote: Am I the only one that thinks the girl is smokin hot?

[k0sta5]

Can someone help me out...why is it some people do the jump and others don't. Obviously the Coach knows what he's doing but I wanted to know why some do the jump and some just go on their toes? If anyone has any info to help me, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Chiefontheditty]

@k0sta5 Just different teaching/technique philosophy. Just pick one and go with it.

[drmbowen]

Cute cupcake!

[whitesands]

can you show these in slow motion

[funk192]

Stay over the bar

[borednessislife]

THIS IS A HAANG POWER CLIN

[ejd5050]

Awesome video. Thanks for the help.

[ArM4ND01]

The girl in the video is actually Sage Burgener, Mike's daughter. She's awesome, but her big brother is even better. :D

[djhartmannn]

Good explaination for one of the BEST shoulder exercises

[meriachi]

@djhartmannn Shoulder exercise?? Not depicted in this video. LOL. If she continued in to a "Press" or a "Jerk" then there is a significant transition to a shoulder exercise. I'm just saying.

[SCROGY]

The funniest part of Youtube is how people like Scarlet will come in and start telling people like Mike that he's wrong. How many Oplympians have you coached Scarlet? You know how many BJJ black belts I have discredited here? They start telling me how Bruce Lee could smash Fedor and that they have Black belts at 17 years of age.....then I ask them where so I can e-mail their proffessor and verify.....and suddenly it becomes a "secret underground dojo" that no one knows about.....LOL.

[doggbrown1]

Mike burgener is the man!!!! He has the big dick!!!

[dukenukem001]

that girls in dam good shape, I'd like to know her workout routine, if she can get in that shape, a guy could get bigger

[drummerlars]

very good form it's always good to see girls of the weight room

[atomichop]

yeah a POWER CLEAN would be from the floor, but its a HANG POWER CLEAN! 'hang' meaning the bar starts at mid thigh, 'power' meaning the bar is caught before the femur breaks parrallel

[timdonahey]

As opposed to a hang SQUAT clean. You have nothing to contribute here.

[atomichop]

So are you saying that, mike burgener, a coach to olympic athletes, is wrong about the name for a lift he has been performing and teaching for maybe 30 years? wow in that case maybe i should check out your website and videos next time im looking to improve my form.

[RRFF12345]

@timdonahey thats not very friendly.he only mentions it as being a hang clean?whats the problem?