More power cleans

November 7 power clean wave. Abridged version

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Sports

Tags:

• olympic
• lifting
• power
• cleans
• P&B
• SDF

[theuppercut]

can you give me some tips? i have just recently start doing powercleans and have learned to love them fast, breaking in my cradle, but need to know where to rest the bar. my cradle still needs time, but when i rest the bar on my (what should be my shoulders) they end up on my collar bones which is extremely unconfortable. Can you please give me tips on where to place the bar before the jerk?

[frozenkilt]

Basically, whereever is comfortable. If your wrist and shoulder flexibility is up for it, the bar should be cradled at the top of your delts and not on your collarbones. Hell, some of the big supers almost never have the bar even touch them. Try working your front squat rack as a stretch and see if that helps. Or play with hand spacing.

[ElGrandeJiP]

so impressed, i'm trying to get my form as perfect as this, do you have any suggestions on how to get it so good? i've been practicing mainly with 42kg, videos are on my profile. if i try with anything lower than that i just throw the weight all over the place as it isn't enough

[frozenkilt]

Just keep working at it. Lots of singles and doubles at around 75-85% of your 1RM. Too much lower than that and I find your form will change when the bar gets heavy.

[trinimantobago]

terrible gym music lol is that elevator music haah

great post and thats nice form for that amount of weight

[watchthis22]

i hate when people say when i was this age...keep your maxes to yourself unless someone asks...

[bladeinass]

no thats not..

[jroslik]

Nice work. It looks very heavy when you do it.

[frankie6092]

Yeah, someone told me to just endure it and you'll learn eventually, and I did, though not yet perfect. Now my problem is how many reps should I do. My other routines were 12x3 but I find it very taxing if I'm going to do the same with powercleans, there was a time my head hurts like hell it stopped me from doing the whole workout session. If I could do 150lbs 1RM deadlift, what should be the weight and reps for the powerclean for the first week?

[hh87]

frankie, the clavicle pain will go away eventually. when i first started weightlifting, i had bruising on my clavicle and it hurt bad. just train more.

[frankie6092]

Is the bar supposed to rest above the clavicle or below the clavicle? Power clean is really making me frustrated. I tried resting the bar on my deltoids, but most often, the bar touches my clavicle and it hurts like hell. Could you please elaborate about the proper placing of the bar on shoulders. That part is really my problem. Thanks.

[romerov002]

oh man i tried power cleans for the first time and its a CRAZY exercise to add to a routine. im thinking of doing power cleans at least twice a week to get the benefits from it.

great vid, it helped me a lot on the technique!

[60an2]

You have a good second pull-solid triple extension. Do you get out of sync if you accelerate the bar too much on the first pull? You seem pretty strong--looks like you are holding back a bit right off the ground. Overall tight form though.

[ATLsHustler]

Since you are just starting, make sure you START with good form. There are people who lift just to have big numbers, but that defeats the purpose if you aren't working what the exercise suggests.

[soggynippleses]

yeah, RUN MORE. keep working out hard, the weight will drop. And for diet plans.. pretty simple just don't eat shit and if you do, burn it off with exercise. Try eating lots of lean meat like fish and birds. veggies you know the good stuff. ( you probably know all this already but it works )