Power Clean - front

correct power clean form from the front

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[fenway123]

hands are too wide

[prodigy1324]

dude, you're a douchebag...his hands are perfectly spaced

[madaozeki]

Good stuff :) One small point is that you're kicking the bar out front a bit, which is why you're jumping slightly forward and don't receive it perfectly balanced. When the weight gets much heavier that'll cause you to miss an otherwise-makeable weight

[KingQuickscoping]

@prodigy1324 caaaaallllmmmmm dddooowwwwnnn, hes just making a suggestion. He never said you were wrong, its just his preference on that grip.

[954628254608181994]

man i suck at these, its crazy how many little things you need to get right for good form, same goes for the snatch

[eowdaoc]

Hands aren't too wide. His feet are slightly too far apart for his grip. Notice how his knees are caving inward even before he starts the lift, due to his stance.

[madaozeki]

@ajwazhere Kind of fun to pick up a thread on a comment I made 3 years ago :) The important issue is combined center of gravity. The leverages change dramatically from when the barbell is less than or around bodyweight, to when you're at 1.5x bodyweight and above. With the heavier weights, the lifter must be more patient and ensure the 2nd pull is completely finished, but if the bad habit of bumping forward is already present at light weights, it'll be a lost cause once things get heavy.

[madaozeki]

@ajwazhere You're right that there will be less bumping of the weight, with less energy transfer. However, when the weight is light, as soon as the bump occurs, you're already pulling the bar back in towards the body to counteract the outward bump. As the weight increases, the combined center of gravity of your body plus the bar gets lower and lower, meaning it's more and more difficult to counteract any forward bumping. That means the bar actually gets bumped further forward than light weight.

[ajwazhere]

@madaozeki Honestly, both of our points are correct, but when you look at them both in unison, logically it should work out. Sure you will have a difficult time back towards you, but then again you wont have to pull it back as far as done in this video because the transfer of momentum from your legs making contact will create less kinetic energy since weight is increased.

[madaozeki]

@ajwazhere Actually it's the opposite. The heavier the weight, the harder it is to rein the bar back in towards the body once you've kicked it forward. The leverages all change and you'll end up simply losing everything in front.

[ajwazhere]

@madaozeki You also are overlooking the fact that higher weights will be much more difficult to kick the bar out so far.