Power Clean Tutorials?

[Jake 85]

Does anyone have any good powerclean tutorials that youve made yourself or have found on the internet? I want to incorporate them into my workout but want to make sure i have good form. Thanks

 

[dougp25]

Youtube has some. Just search for "powerclean".

 

[Proteinboy]

yea...so do i. i really want to know that i have great form when donig power cleans. they are such a great exercise. i just wish i had a coach to watch me do it to see if i was doing it right. remember, even if you watch a video many times, doesnt mean that you have perfect form when you actually go to try it. a power clean is one of the technical movements where form is important to keep.

 

[Karky]

theres some good stuff on olympic lifting in general. These vids are for the full lifts, not the power versiones, but the pull is the same.

 

[evolution]

I don't have time to watch teh vids posted. But I have my athletes start with hang jump shrugs. From there we start working down. Then we go to hang cleans.

 

[xswtsalvationx0]

go into the deadlift position (bar almost touching the ground) and then do a jump shrug/upright row and then end with the bar on your shoulders doing a front squat (elbow bent and wrists back). and then thats one rep..

I follow the form from

 

[Proteinboy]

is that not a squat clean? are not squat cleans superior to power cleans?

 

[Karky]

full cleans allows for more weight on the bar. With powercleans you have to pull the bar higher. Different exercise for different goals.

And the setup is very different from a deadlift, and you dont really row it up, you shouldnt be using your arms to pull anything.

 

[xswtsalvationx0]

I don't use my arms. I use my body. =) I don't even use my arms when I deadlift.

Here is another type of clean. hang clean (does not require putting the bar on the ground when doing the exercise).

the differences between hang clean and power clean is that with hang clean, the bar is not on the ground like power clean is.

 

[Karky]

yeah, the hang is just that its done from the hang position, you can do hang anything, hang cleans, powercleans, high pulls, low pulls.. etc.

 

[evolution]

Hang cleans are hawt because of the extra hip drive required.

 

[LeiYunFat]

Bar starts at or near the shins, while the back is straight and the hips are up. Acceleration matters most past the knee, so pulling from the ground does not have a huge speed emphasis. Just control the weight until you pass the knee, then power the hips forward, shrug hard and get under the bar.