deadlift and power clean form check

[sean1982]

deadlift: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXFST8cCg1E

these feel weird, but i'm not sure what im doing wrong. extending knees too early?

power cleans: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFgGJ2rzaBA

progressed to 160, but they started turning into shrug/reverse curls. i dont think i ever really learned how to do them right, just pictured the description out of the SS book. is this alright?

[MikeC1]

On both of them, and especially on your deadlift, your stance is too wide. Your heels don't really need to be more than 6-8" apart, so bring your feet in. More on deadlift, you are too far out over the bar on the way up. Keep your butt and your bodyweight back while pulling the bar up. You want your shoulders to be just a little ahead of the bar.

Power clean, figure out how to rotate your video the right way. Fix your stance and see if that improves the rest of your pull.

[sean1982]

thanks. i rotated the 2nd vid after uploading but it takes alittle while to update.

[skills101]

The problem with your PC is you are slowing down as you approach mid thigh. The bar should accelerate up the shins and not slow down as it approaches the thigh. Slow down at the start if you need to. Also, sets of 3 are better.