The Power Clean

Today we are talking about how you can exaggerate your key positions in different ways to help increase mobility, comfort, and strength within those positions, and for your Olympic lifts as a whole. Enjoy the show!Barbell Mobility Warmup Complexhttps://youtu.be/BntQf9v3VPs?si=Lb8BIOx-cL7uLOFc*5 reps for each exercise with an empty barGood MorningBack SquatBack Rack Elbow RotationsBehind Neck Press and StretchOverhead SquatFront SquatRomanian Deadlift

In this episode we are breaking down how we suggest to hold and support the bar overhead with your upper body. This includes what we consider supporting and best distributing the weight, versus muscling the weight and/or more so isolating certain areas of the body, with the actions and positions of the wrists, elbows, shoulders, and scapulas. Tune in to hear our perspectives on what are some debatable points of performance. Enjoy the show!

In this recording we consider foot stability and how it might affect your lifting. Tune in to hear how you can assess and address any potential lacking in this area through barefoot observations and exercises. Enjoy the show!

Today we talk about the calm, presence, and focus you should have for optimal lifting and performance. Tune in for our perspectives and suggestions on how you can obtain and hone these critical characteristics and skills. Enjoy the show!

In this episode we are discussing an exercise we are calling a “pull under”, which can be performed with the clean or the snatch grip, and is one of my favorite exercises and one I’ve made an adjustment to, to add to my own teaching progressions. Tune in to hear about the purpose of the modification, and all the ways you can benefit from isolating the pull under portion of your lifts. Enjoy the show!

In this recording we are considering how combining cleans and snatches together in the same set as a complex might help overcome faults that are isolated to one lift or the other. Tune in to hear how you can give this a try in your own training if you feel it is indicated. Enjoy the show!

Today we are circling back around to considering the benefits of Bodybuilding towards your Olympic lifting potential, as well as your health and longevity as an athlete and human. Tune in to hear our updated and additional suggestions on the topic. Enjoy the show!

Today we are giving terms and defining the portion of the lift where the greatest speed is in need, which includes your body reaching its highest point before going under the bar, as well as the pulling of your body under the bar and the subsequent lockout. Hence, finishing the “pull” of the lift. Additionally, we discuss how and why at times we can feel off or slow through this range, and give some considerations on how you can and when it will, or should, feel better. Enjoy the show!

In this episode we are considering the importance of the power clean when it comes to your potential in the clean, and your overall Olympic lifting ability. We give our takes on athletes who might need to do more power cleans, and those that might need to do less or even none at all. Additionally, we suggest some ways to incorporate them into your training, as well as some standards that would benefit you to adopt. Enjoy the show!

In this recording we are talking through our experiences with the common occurrence of knee pain, and give some suggestions on how you can consider navigating through, if it is ever an issue for you. Enjoy the show!