yes, you rack the bar onto your chest.
i have noticed two coomon variations of doing P&C. But not sure which one is right....
so after I lift the weights up from the ground, I just hold the bar without touching may chest or shoulder. But the other day, when i was watching someone doing P&C at the asian Olympics, i noticed that the lifter rest the bar on his shoulders and then push it up.
so have i been using the wrong form all along???
thanks in advance
yes, you rack the bar onto your chest.
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is rest the bar on the shoulders universially necessary?
I mean the way I do P&C (or clean press) is not as harcore as olympic lifters, e.g. I do not go really low and front squat the weight up.
this is a graphic demonstration from bodybuilding.com. It seems that this guy did not rack the bar on his chest, despite the instruction clearly said so.
many other demonstrations on the internet I found did not show the resting steps either.
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The weight he is using is rather small, compared to a powerlifting clean and press. When you are approaching higher numbers, you won't want to suspend the weight in the air like that when you prepare for the second phase of the movement. Racking the bar on the chest allows you to get more momentum exploding from the bottom of the push press.
Either form is good, but more strength will be needed if you suspend the bar in the air like that. In the squat after the clean, no madder how slight it is, holding the weight in air can drain you. If you are looking for the maximum effort numbers, rack it like P said. Suspending in the air seems difficult to maintain during the push press... slightest movement forward and you might need to dump the bar.
The power clean as opposed to the normal clean means pulling the bar from the floor and racking it in a standing position all in one movement, rather than racking it in a squat position, then standing. The press is optional and is then a power clean and press.
And yes, to not rack the bar would be to use fairly light weights.
What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
those pictures are horrible technique of a power clean. you shouldn't be using your arms to pull the bar up and you should rack the bar on your shouldres. Pictures don't help much because the lift is so dynamic....those pictures don't help at all because they are terrible.
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hehehehe....
Found this http://orgs.jmu.edu/strength/Exercis...ower_clean.htm.......informative and rather nice too![]()
What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
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http://orgs.jmu.edu/strength/Videos/...Bars_Up_MG.wmv
more power cleans
What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
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What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
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I got it now. For some reason it wouldn't play in my Firefox windo?
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^ the dude in the picture is upright rowing rather than having a smooth movement using his whole body.
Basically it looks like he's tried to break it down into segments so he can have his photo taken instead of performing the move as one would when actually doing it, hence, the entire sequence has been cocked up.
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You pull with your whole body. Your hands happen to be wrapped around the bar, and your hands are attached to your arms, which are attached to your body. Unlike an upright row, where you do pull with your arms. Look up high pulls, they are like an upright row, only using your body.
What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
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I like to think of the arms as the chains on a crane or hoist...
They just hang there while the boom and base do the lifting.
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On the topic of PC, I've noticed when I am doing light weight my hips don't drop down as far. As the weight increases, I drop my hips a lot deeper...all the way to parallel. Should I be trying to hit parallel with each rep, even with light weight?
No one in any gym I have ever been to EVER Power Cleans, so I can't get an answer. Yet it's my favorite str move.
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Hmm, ok so this is the improper way to do PCs? I was under the impression that you should at least attempt parallel. Mind you, I would never go ATG like the lifter is doing.
Thanks.
Last edited by Soul of Sol; 12-25-2006 at 02:34 PM. Reason: I curse thee, spelling gods!!
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Here are some power cleans. Notice how high they are when they make the catch. About a quarter squat depth.
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At the bottom of the page it lists the Power Clean standards. I clicked on that link PC Standards On the page that pops up, Power Cleans are linked three times... PC Standards and for men and women. When I clicked on the men, it brought me back to the Clean demonstration. So I assumed that was the proper technique. Bad, Sol, bad for assuming.
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It isn't a problem if you are dropping all the way down. It is just a full clean. The weight is to heavy for you to pull high enough to catch in a power clean, so you have to squat completely under it.
Try doing one day of heavier weight and do squat cleans and a second day of light weight and do power cleans.
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Power exercises in general, by their nature, involve mid range weights. A power clean gets the bar from the ground to shoulder height in less time than a full clean. Which brings me to the question of power lifting. Why is PL called what it is? Is there a time limit to complete a lift once you start?
I mean when you think of power, you think of explosive moves, that naturally means somewhat less than maximal poundage. Yet PL is about maximal poundage and time is not really a consideration. Or is it? It would seem to me that PL is about pure strength.
What this means is that when we drop a ball and it falls to the ground, it wasn't the ball that moved (down to the ground), but the ground that moved (up to the ball)
time isn't a consideration at all. The powerlifts usually look slower than anything else because you are working at your limit strength. That is at one of the the force velocity curve.....If resistance increases, then speed of movement decreases. Even a 1RM squat clean or snatch is going to be a lot faster than a 1RM squat or deadlift, since they aren't at the highest limit of your strength potential (ie, the weight you can clean is typically much lighter than the weight of your 1RM deadlift).
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