Power Clean

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Today was the "Overhead-Anyhow Challenge", and I exceeded my goal by doing 215 reps in 30 minutes with 80% of my bodyweight.

After that, I masochistically decided to keep training, and ended up doing some ridiculously slow powercleans... Here's the last one of the day!

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• Powerclean
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• Olympic
• weightlifting
• power
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[biggsforwin]

when i do this my elbows do not come up as much. Why is this?

[madaozeki]

@biggsforwin You have to actively whip them around fast; it doesn't happen automatically. And keep your arms completely free of tension. No "pulling" on the barbell.

[biggsforwin]

@madaozeki I mean the exact position his arms are in at 0:42 where they are parallel to the floor

[madaozeki]

@biggsforwin "his" arms are "my" arms, actually, since that's me in the video :) 0:42 is the end of the video, so I guess you mean when I'm standing up all the way? Keeping the elbows high is crucial for making a strong rack position for the barbell. If you can touch the back of your neck with your fingers, then you have enough flexibility to push your elbows up like that. Put the backs of your hands on your shoulders and point your elbows straight forward. That's the position.

[madaozeki]

@biggsforwin PS Do a YouTube search for 'front squat tutorial' and watch the first video, which is mine. It talks about high elbows and demonstrates.

[trackstarbud24]

i didnt see anything wrong wit that either.... the response to bob was NOT a waste of my time.

[madaozeki]

@trackstarbud24 Ha! Thanks for the comment :)

[jedwards09elmira]

You're too hard on yourself that looked real good

[prsguitars92]

Your form is impeccable, sure the clean could be a tad bit faster but the catch was amazing.

[TheDannyddd]

ya man dont be so critical of yourself, you look awesome with ur form, who wouldnt be semi slow with that kind of weight at ur size anyways, good lift, keep up the good work :)

[dp1569]

slight arm bend. Good clean.

[fordesphysicalfitnes]

Looked real good to me nothing wrong with that good job !

[Egendomlighet]

@biggsforwin you may also need to think of letting go of the bar and just keeping two or even one finger on the bar in order to rack it. depends on your wrist flexibility and the relative sizes of your humerus and forearm.

[Egendomlighet]

great power clean. only critique: the bar starts awfully far away from the midfoot. pull it closer so the shins don't have to move as far to touch it, don't drop the hips quite as much, and you'll get a much faster first pull (and, hence, easier second pull). the closer the bar moves to in-a-straight-line, the more efficient the pull; this can't be accomplished if you've got to pull it BACK (to center it) in addition to up.

[OHWolves1694]

damn... and this is with fatigue? i couldnt imagine what it looks like when you're 100%... damn nice work bro