Video: A comparison of two start positions in the clean

[Chris McCarthy]

I can't remember his exact height (not that that would confirm his wingspan but...) but Schwarzbach is known for being a very long-limbed lifter.

[MBasic]

I can't remember his exact height (not that that would confirm his wingspan but...) but Schwarzbach is known for being a very long-limbed lifter.

probably so, with that grip.

yeah, I was generalizing. Most 85 weightlifters aren't tall with long limb lanky prototypes.

It seems when he stands with it over head, it's closer to his head than "normal".
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It should be noted he married Julia Rohde

[Jay Mund]

Much gets conflated and/or sort of co-opted in these threads.

Sure does.

Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
If you think Frame 2 with the bar on the shins is the start position we teach, you really need to stop typing about this and come to a seminar. We'd have a lot of fun with you.
So then you think the last frame is your model?
A bar @ midfoot pull?

Bar 1" away from shin while standing with a vertical shin is the SS definition of mid foot, yes?

You want people to clean/snatch starting with the bar over midfoot, like a deadlift, yes?

So, yes frame2 would be about that, with that shin angle for that guy (but the bar against shins) Yeah, he might be flaring his knees a little and what not....but that doesnt matter much.

"About that," "but the bar against the shins..." So, not the picture in frame 2.