powercleaned for the first time tonight

[audiophyle]

i couldnt beleive my eyes tonight when i saw some highschool student powercleaning. I have yet to see anyone in my gym powerclean let alone someone so young (usually these are the guys hogging the squat racks to do barbell curls). So i asked him if he'd show me how. well, turns out i really suck at them but i'm determined now to figure out how to do this execise properly. anyways, just thought i'd share

 

[IronLion]

if you can find a local weightlifting club there will be a coach to show you how and bumpers....you really need a coach to get anywhere with those

 

[audiophyle]

nope, no local anything. My gym is the best in the area and thats not saying much (the trainers really suck). the only other gym we have is bally's
So you can't teach yourself even with light weight?

 

[audiophyle]

well i could post some videos on elite

 

[IronLion]

it is a very complex technique, I guess you could do some of the partials, but without someone experienced how would you know wether or not you were doing it right?

 

[FatRat]

I have never really dont these basically for this reason. I used to watch the semi pro athletics team do them when I was at Uni, but they had full time coaches.

I know CoolColJ is pretty hot on these, you might want to hang on for some pointers from him?

I found this thread, but there should be some more if you hunt around:

http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=244928&highlight=power+cleans

 

[Exodus]

there are some links to videos at the top of they training page that spatt put up there as a sticky, they have really helped my form. that and watching ccj's and Bfolds videos

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[dood]

Watch this video 5 times(seriously).http://www.infinityfitness.com/videos/nl/chado2.asf
CCJ posted this a while ago. It is the best thing I have seen so far to teach powersnatches and powercleans. I had fairly good form before I watched it. But after I watched a few times my powerclean and snatch went up like 20 pounds.

 

[ffknight84]

welcoem to the wonderful world of power cleaning, its a nice place that few go to.

 

[audiophyle]

awesome video! thanks alot dood