Pretty poor Power Clean (fail) @ 145

[Adam Skillin]

Follow up -- I've been practicing clean drops and stiff arm jumps a few times a week.

Here's some vids:

drop from clean to hang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdX27sq-A6M

straight arm jumps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtdX4sCD6qc

I also did a few full cleans @ 65 lbs to see how they look. I don't think they are particularly good yet: https://youtu.be/Rfi0rI2tzfE?t=10s. The angle sucks but it still looks like my arms are bending, agreed? More practice for me.

Can't see the elbows in the last video due to plates. I want you jumping higher, and I want you catching the bar by slamming your shoulders into its underside, not guiding it to your shoulders after gently catching it in your hands.

[CimmerianInTraining]

Can't see the elbows in the last video due to plates. I want you jumping higher, and I want you catching the bar by slamming your shoulders into its underside, not guiding it to your shoulders after gently catching it in your hands.

Will do. Look for a more attempts and ideally a better angle next week after some more practice.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Hi,

straight arm jumps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtdX4sCD6qc

When doing these, I think you should always be mindful of having your shoulders ahead of the bar.
In a full Power Clean, when you hit the jump position your shoulders are still ahead of the bar, and you bring your hips forward/jump up to explode upwards.

In the first few instances of this video, your shoulders are behind the bar. With that position, there is not much to do for your hips, and your jump is less effective.

Hope this helps.

IPB

[heuro]

@ drops: imho your racking positon is pretty bad. your wirsts are so bent... maybe you should try to widen your grip and raise your elbows
@ "straight arm jumps" ...internally rotate your elbows, raise your chest, squeeze your upper body, dont bounce before jump, you should hear the bar .. like https://youtu.be/O327jxFqzQM?t=7m3s but with a clean grip
@ 65@ cleans... fix straight arms and racking... your reverse curl jump the bar into some kind of racking position

[Adam Skillin]

Hi,



When doing these, I think you should always be mindful of having your shoulders ahead of the bar.
In a full Power Clean, when you hit the jump position your shoulders are still ahead of the bar, and you bring your hips forward/jump up to explode upwards.

In the first few instances of this video, your shoulders are behind the bar. With that position, there is not much to do for your hips, and your jump is less effective.

Hope this helps.

IPB

"Stay over the bar"

[CimmerianInTraining]

I haven't given up. Here's some straight arm jumps:

https://youtu.be/lCfDKmmpwtE?t=5s
https://youtu.be/yz-9LEk0sPA

And some power cleans:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcZbKr2Nb7g

I know I'm still pulling my arms first. I'm not sure how to stop, it's like my brain says, "GET THIS WEIGHT UP TO YOUR CHEST" and my arms go. Does that make sense? I'm 44, not particularly athletic (I golf, but I suck), and maybe these just aren't for me.

[Jonathan Sutton]

If at all possible I think you should try to get some in-person training. Thirty minutes to an hour with someone who knows what they're doing would be able to sort most of this out.