CrossFit - WOD 121018 Demo with CrossFit Pacific Beach

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225 pound Hang clean, 30 reps
50 One-legged squats, alternating
Row 2000 meters

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[scatporn]

It got serious when I saw that Westside Barbell tattoo!!!!! 

[kknb2448]

100 kg hang cleans! These guys are fairly beastly!

[crossfitlimby]

I see where you're coming from. But from an Oly lifter's view (I'm assuming...) that they really don't care what their 'Power Clean' is with sumo feet. I can't see someone training for the Olympics and working on a 1RM power clean, by landing in a sumo stance position. Whether you catch it and hold it there or catch it up there and sink into a squat, you still got the bar up there and did all the work.Even in Crossfit if the WOD was 1RM power clean, I wouldn't want my athletes in a sumo stance

[Rhidian D]

Ah right I see what you mean, and yes I agree that in most circumstances keeping proper foot position is best, but if your goal is to simply get as heavy a power-clean as possible - IMHO I still think it's best to split.

[Fami Bunse]

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[ravishingrick1]

Are the drug tested?

[crossfitlimby]

Think about it.You're saying to sacrifice your footwork just because you don't want to/don't have the strength to catch it in a 1/4 squat.Coach Mike Burgener says,"'A squat clean is only a missed power clean"BUT, if you catch to power clean in a sumo stance, what happens if you miss it? you Fail. But if you catch with feet in a regular squat position and miss, you just sink into a squat.While it's not a "power" clean anymore, you still completed the lift...

[Rhidian D]

Well yes, that's why I said taking a sumo-stance is essential in a heavy power-clean; at some point you'll have to do it or you'll just miss and like you said go into a squat clean. If you enter a squat then it's not a power-clean, see what I mean? And just to clarify I didn't suggest he should do that, I simply suggested his feet may be too wide in the squat position of his clean - it's difficult to get that external rotation of the hips in a wide stance. Thoughts?

[tennisplayer103]

if you use a low weight, don't hit yourself in the face pulling it up too fast.

[Rangerwolf447]

On the hang cleans, since I have never done a hang clean should I start at a significantly lower weight like say 65-85 pounds?

[TheFinal88]

What's the point in hang cleans? just looks like it snaps your wrist and back up