How to: Power Clean

Summary by Krater

This video provides a detailed instructional guide on how to perform a power clean and a clean, breaking down the lift into three main phases based on knee and hip angles. It concludes by analyzing common problems like dumping the weight forward, losing balance backwards, and getting stuck at the bottom.

From the video

Answers: How do you do a power clean?

• power clean technique
• clean technique
• rack position
• three-phase pull technique
• common clean mistakes

Exercises

• clean · barbell
• power clean · barbell
• hang clean · barbell
• low hang clean · barbell
• mid hang clean · barbell
• high hang clean · barbell
• hang power clean · barbell
• front squat · barbell
• deadlift · barbell

What it concludes

• A clean is a movement where a barbell is pulled off the floor and received in the bottom of the front squat position.
• A good rack position is the first step to improving your clean.
• The clean cannot be done slowly because it requires all of your explosiveness, quickness, and reactiveness.
• Trying to clean a heavy weight with poor front squat technique is a good way to get injured.