You will learn the power clean way faster than the power snatch.
Also when you try to power clean did you start with just the bar? And do you use hook grip?
Hi
I'm guilty of having done the Pendlay row instead of power clean for the 3 months I've been doing the program. This is because I had trouble getting the rack position and I found the PR as an alternative on stronglifts.com or wherever.
Anyway i've started feeling more shameful and wanting to learn the powerclean to do the proper program, but I still cant rack the weight. I suppose its a flexibility program and I've started doing the stretch excersise thats in the SS book (Btw if you know of any other stretch excersises I could do for this?).
But recently I started reading about this Power Snatch, and im wondering if maybe I should just try to learn this instead?
What's the pro's and con's?
You will learn the power clean way faster than the power snatch.
Also when you try to power clean did you start with just the bar? And do you use hook grip?
Problem is I can't rack it , so I've not learnt the rest yet either. As Rip said, start from top down.
If I try to have the elbows up in rack position as it is meant to be, then the bar has to go through my throat/head.
Widen your grip...
hey Pendlay had dome really good videos on how to learn the olympic lifts. This used to be the url, but its not anymore
http://www.californiastrength.com/olwete.html
Anyways go on there and search for it.
"If I try to have the elbows up in rack position as it is meant to be, then the bar has to go through my throat/head."
How much weight are you using and are you gripping the bar when you do this?
Power sntaches are a good substitution. The clean and the snatch are quite similar to each other. Learning one helps with the other.