Power clean form check please?

[Tin_Tin]

I'm still trying to figure out the width of my grip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg5amWLj8mQ

[GrantB13]

Take a wide of grip as you need to rack the bar. It's usually wider than the deadlift as mine are.

But, God damn. Your thighs must be wrecked. Looks like you're just slamming down 155 straight on your legs. Still land on your legs without bumper plates, but I catch it a little with my arms to and tighten them while descending. And what are you trying to do when you bounce a few times after racking? Just lower your elbows and let the bar travel down. Holding it there forever won't be good for energy.

[Brodie Butland]

There's definitely a bit of arm pull. In fact, I'm not entirely convinced you ever straightened your arms--start at :22 and do a frame by frame. Make sure to rotate your elbows outward before you begin pulling to take all the slack out.

Also, put up a video with three reps so we can better gauge if this is a fluke or a habit. It's hard to give advice with one rep.

For the descent, just let the thing drop and catch it. You shouldn't be slamming it into your thighs. See The Iron Plate Problem video.

[Steve Hill]

You need to find and read the deadlift set-up procedure (I've posted it on this site about 11,000,000 times), and set up your pull properly. You start with your hips low, the bar out over your toes, and your elbows bent. All of these are WRONG. Read the DL set-up procedure, and set up the pull properly.

Secondarily, as mamba points out, THREE REPS. You showed us 1.5 at working weight, and the .5 was the part we really don't need to see.

There's definitely a bit of arm pull. In fact, I'm not entirely convinced you ever straightened your arms--start at :22 and do a frame by frame. Make sure to rotate your elbows outward before you begin pulling to take all the slack out.

Rotating his elbows in is not going to help him until he sets up correctly. THEN rotating his elbows in MIGHT help with an arm-pull in the jump phase. His problem is different. His elbows are bent for the entire rep because he sets up that way. He needs to correct set-up first, because if he rotates his elbows in and leaves everything else the same, he'll have to drop his hips / shove the bar away even more.

[Tin_Tin]

There's definitely a bit of arm pull. In fact, I'm not entirely convinced you ever straightened your arms--start at :22 and do a frame by frame. Make sure to rotate your elbows outward before you begin pulling to take all the slack out.

Also, put up a video with three reps so we can better gauge if this is a fluke or a habit. It's hard to give advice with one rep.

For the descent, just let the thing drop and catch it. You shouldn't be slamming it into your thighs. See The Iron Plate Problem video.

Take a wide of grip as you need to rack the bar. It's usually wider than the deadlift as mine are.

But, God damn. Your thighs must be wrecked. Looks like you're just slamming down 155 straight on your legs. Still land on your legs without bumper plates, but I catch it a little with my arms to and tighten them while descending. And what are you trying to do when you bounce a few times after racking? Just lower your elbows and let the bar travel down. Holding it there forever won't be good for energy.

Thanks. My grip is already wide but I still feel like it's not wide enough. Probably because I have long arms compare to my torso.

[Tin_Tin]

I'm sure I had 5 reps in total. It must've been technical error during the editing.

[Brodie Butland]

You need to find and read the deadlift set-up procedure (I've posted it on this site about 11,000,000 times), and set up your pull properly. You start with your hips low, the bar out over your toes, and your elbows bent. All of these are WRONG. Read the DL set-up procedure, and set up the pull properly.

Good catch on the bar over toes...I should have noticed that given the bar position at :24.