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Press and Power Clean Form Check
Sorry for the Blackberry camera quality. Will find a better camera soon.
My lifts
Overhead Press
Power Cleans
My training buddy's lifts
Overhead Press
Hang Cleans
Thank you for the help!
Last edited by bryannnc; 02-23-2011 at 02:16 PM.
Reason: Video embedding silliness.
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Your press:
Looks pretty good, you are doing a press as described in SS. A couple of small tips however. You are currently lowering the bar very far away from your face, this puts you at very disadvantaged leverage and will fatigue your shoulders prior to your following reps. It might throw you off balance when weights get heavier or ruin the momentum & tension that you can use for your next rep.
Also, a point that has been discussed quite a lot recently. You would probably find it easier/more fluid to do a full set of 5 without fully returning to that semi-rack positon with your elbows way out forward. Just lower the bar as much as you can while keeping the elbows under that bar or very slightly in front. This will help you build tension on the descent plust drive up each rep more efficiently as your elbows begin each rep under the bar.
I used to press just like you with my elbows way out forward and I got stalled for ages and ages. Now I do the first rep of each set in with the bar on shoulders/elbows forwards (like you) and thrust my shoulders forward to get the first rep started - but the following reps with the elbows under the bar the whole time, and just a light touch on my middle chest.
Your Clean:
Looks pretty good, just make it more fluid instead of two separate movements.
Last edited by Dastardly; 02-23-2011 at 06:39 PM.
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Regarding your cleans, when we can see the side view on the fourth and fifth rep it looks a little like you're pulling with your arms.
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Come to think of it, put a lot more emphasis on the JUMP in your cleans, your focing too much on whipping your arms around which wont work on heavier weights.
Your buddies are terrible dont know where to start!
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Thanks for the pointers, everyone.
I'll try to work on doing my press without having to reset all the way. One of my problems is that I feel like I don't have as stable of a base to push up from when I don't remember to reset. I suppose this might have something to do with lack of proper chest position.
I'll try to work on smoothing out the clean movement even more. I'm supposed to jump right when I get to what Rip calls the "jumping" position, right? The book seems to teach it as two different knee extensions, one to clear the bar up to the jumping position and then another knee extension for the actual jump. Do I have to rebend my knees after clearing them during the deadlift part of the movement?
And I'll work on getting my buddy's lifting form to be a little neater - the thing is I'm still not very confident on my form to begin with.
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