hang cleans

debo · Post by **debo** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:33 pm

does anyone know where I can see how to do them proper & r they a total body exercise?

sammiller · Post by **sammiller** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:32 pm

http://www.uwlax./strengthcenter/vid ... 0knee).mpg

sammiller · Post by **sammiller** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:33 pm

u need to add the end bit into the link aswell, sum reason it isnt highlighted

debo · Post by **debo** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:05 pm

the link doesn't work

DianaB · Post by **DianaB** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:42 pm

Looks like total body, also looks like a good way to wreck your back and knees.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:31 am

i love them diana love...full body explosiveness but mainly hip power which is where you want it...search www.exrx.net for video / pictures

ahowardpro · Post by **ahowardpro** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:48 am

This guys form is a joke i would never take advice of this idiot but cleans are a great exercise go to you tube for some good examples.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 7:39 pm

yeah it's not great is it...

mzaruba423 · Post by **mzaruba423** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:13 pm

i only looked at one video, but this guy looked like he had pretty good form:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpXqVba1mFo

i was taught that you want to:
>>let the bar slide down your legs a bit before pulling up
>>keep the bar close to your body (if it picks up your shirt as you pull it up, that's a good sign)
>>pull like it's an upright row and try not to use your back
>> and jump under the bar. a lot of people will drop their bodies down and split their legs either 1 in front and 1 in back or both to the sides (i prefer to the sides). don't spread them too far because you could lose your balance, but you really need to get under the bar because when you increase in weight, there's no way that you can pull that thing all the way up to your collarbone while flicking your wrists, let alone just getting the bar up that high.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:23 pm

i've never done them with the flick off the thighs, i do an explosive stiff legged deadlift type of movement

ahowardpro · Post by **ahowardpro** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:17 am

pretty much everything you said is right about the form on top of that i allways concentrate on having fast elbows so the come up high and face directly ahead. Both moves are good but with the Clean from the floor i find better to use that within a full body programme however with the hang clean (start at the knees) i use this with lighter weight and concentrate on using shoulders and arms to lift the weight and i do this with shoulder workout. Im not into wrestling at all but friend showed me this its the rock in it he does a clean to press his form is pretty spot on..
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=8fLQ1rI2xZw
Either way i love this exercise i find it hard to believe that shape fit have overlooked it.

ahowardpro · Post by **ahowardpro** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:24 am

On that video however he doesn't get his elbows anywhere near high enough thats because he is pressing the weight aswell and you cant use exactly the same technique check this girl out she has great form.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=6TlbDQUWs0s

She does jump very high but thats because she is trying to shift a heavy weight and she does it very well i think.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:56 pm

it's a hip dominant exercise so that's where the first portion of the lift is coming from...don't focus on pulling with your arms...watch the chick's hips thrust up and forwards...that's what allows her to get her elbows up...there's no way you can upright row a clean wt so without the hip explosion, you won;t get your elbows up higher then your chest

ahowardpro · Post by **ahowardpro** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:16 pm

Yeah iv never looked at that befro your right though she does use her hips alot.

mzaruba423 · Post by **mzaruba423** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:46 pm

swanso5 wrote:i've never done them with the flick off the thighs, i do an explosive stiff legged deadlift type of movement

ha sounds like a retarded power clean, do you start from the ground?

and that girl in that video jumps like crazy. i guess i use hips like that too. i never really noticed.