Medicine Ball Cleans

im a male who actually trains with weights, and to ramp up my CNS i do heavy snatches. I also DO NOT do crossfit. but i dont understnad why a woman doin PERFECT cleans is being mocked. kudos to you ma'am. this is an explosive movement with a solid weight, so again congrats

gold dust woman

I'm not going to get involved in your argument, but I think I would like to comment that you aren't "arguing" your point very well. Why would someone who is familiar with strength training need to be familiar with Crossfit in order make their point? I think they're making valid points, your arguments aren't particularly convincing. This from an "uneducated" outsider...

Believe me, i fully understand the movement.

The problem everyone commenting has with this video is that, like so many trainers at the moment, it is taking a very complicated, very advanced exercise designed for a specific purpose... and turning it in to something to make middle aged women feel tired in the gym.

If you want to pick something off the floor for lots of reps whats wrong with a deadlift variation?

NO. You don't understand the movement. And no, it isn't a barbell clean. doing a deadlift isn't going to get the load to the shoulders.

I've trained hundreds of peole in this movement and it does improve fitness. 

Please go back to whatever you do and don't post here again.

Haha ok then! If you havent got an arguement for its use other than "Ive done it with people before" then dont complain when so many people have commented on here saying how bad it is.

Good luck with giant ball power cleans for 20 reps. I guess you are right and everyone else is wrong.

Benefits - functionality of the movement itself - ability to move a load from ground to shoulder height efficiently - teaches people to do the clean correctly by proper set up, full extension of the hips, shrug, and quickly dropping under the ball. The functionality of the movement alone should convince you that your old school view of just do the movement with a bar isn't THE only way to perform a clean. Very obtuse thinking on your part. Again, I say, it is you that doesn't understand.

I have no idea what, if any, background you have in strength and conditioning, but you obviously have ZERO background in CrossFit training. Please, do some more research before you comment.
BTW - I know thousands who agree with me on the effectiveness. They don't need to post to prove a point. I could just delete the comments from those who disagree, but discussion is good and I've got nothing to hide.

Why don't you Google med ball cleans, learn a bit more about the movement and its applicability to functional fitness. It's one of the single greatest ways to teach and introduce people to the clean and the sport of weightlifting.

"Google medicine ball cleans"... No thank you.

For the same reason I am not going to google squats on a swiss ball, or a Db shoulder press standing on one leg...

 As I said before if you had a clue about program design you could get people "functionally" fitter in far better ways than this. Just stick to what works ok.