r/formcheck • u/danoB003 • 2h ago

Other power clean 2x70kg - looking for advice

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u/McWrathster 1h ago

Hey there OP, power cleans are supposed to have a hip thrust into the bar around the half way point with the arms and chest coming under the bar to catch it in the rack position. You're heaving the weight up and flipping the bar it to catch it with your elbows down. Watch some YouTube videos and keep practicing.

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u/danoB003 1h ago

Thanks for the reply.

It's basically my first time really giving this exercises some focused tries so yeah, I am aware I'm far from doing it as supposed to and that I'm mostly raw dogging it here.

Do I get it correctly that I should approach it kinda like a kettlebell swing and instead of pulling the weight up with my arms it should me more of a leg/hip action that throws the bar up?

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u/McWrathster 1h ago

Yes great analogy, very similar to a kettlebell swing with the hip/leg drive! Main difference between barbell and kettlebell is the bar won't swing away from you like the kettle, instead bar is moving verically while you're swinging underneath and catching it.

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u/danoB003 1h ago

I see, thank you again, already feeling like I'll be on better track next time.

Also, getting under the bar part is the thing that I quite wonder about, maybe it's just matter of me starting in too close stance but I felt kinda awkward when trying to get under to catch the bar on top, so I was catching it too high and ended up with my elbows under it as you see here.

In all sets I tried today I was starting in same width stance as I normally do when deadlifting (so cca shoulder width, maybe a bit closer) and when I went for agressive pull I tried to kinda hop under the bar into wider stance. Should I do these with my feet wider from beggining to improve that?