August 17, 2009

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Comment by Mike Hussle on August 17, 2009 at 8:10pm

make sure also that you're not doing a "sumo hi pull" type lift- your arms should be like ropes tying the bar to your shoulders. the only time they bend is when you go to get under the bar.

Comment by Douglas L. on August 17, 2009 at 8:08pm

Yep, that is exactly the part of the lift I need to work on. Thanks Mike!

Hmm, that's a good idea, I'll have to see if my camera films at a high enough frames per second first, though, haha.

Comment by Mike Hussle on August 17, 2009 at 7:21pm

yeah I would say that you should count how much you can do with proper weight. Sounds like you've got to rebuild your fundamentals on the clean. First practice clean pulls- that's the first part of the movement. Strengthen the "pop and shrug" as I call it, and then when you've got that, you can practice "dropping underneath the bar".

You should video your progress and send it in!

Comment by Douglas L. on August 17, 2009 at 3:20pm

Got up to 205 lbs on the Clean, horrible form, though. I'm not getting the bar up on my thighs before I have to get it up to my shoulders, and since I'm not getting the bar high enough there, I'm catching it while leaning forwards. No accidents yet, but... I think I need to do a lot more repetitions of these, at a lighter weight...

Comment by Mike Hussle on August 17, 2009 at 8:50am

meaning you start off low and gradually work up to the most weight you can do a single rep at

Comment by Douglas L. on August 17, 2009 at 8:01am

http://www.fatalfitness.com/video/clean-vs-squat-clean

^ That video. (For some reason it didn't work last post...)

Comment by Douglas L. on August 17, 2009 at 8:00am

It's one repetition at maximum weight of the first lift the guy does in this video:

Comment by zachary mcdonald on August 17, 2009 at 7:28am

im new to the site whats 1 rm clean?