Clean Turnover Precision | Weightlifting Technique Primer

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If your pull under your cleans looks like someone knocked over a bucket of spare body parts, the tall muscle clean is a good technique primer to use before your clean sessions. Do a few sets of 5 reps with an empty bar.
Stand tall with the bar at arms’ length and the arms internally rotated to point the elbows to the sides as much as you can without moving the shoulder blades from a neutral position.
Pull the elbows up and out first-this will naturally be accompanied by a shrug, but actively squeeze the shoulder blades back along with it.
As the elbows are nearing shoulder height, squeeze the arms back to bring the bar up and back toward the shoulders and spin the elbows around the bar.
The key here is that the elbows need to pivot around the bar, not the bar around the elbows, which means the bar needs to be as near the rack position as possible-you need to actively bring the bar up and back as you begin turning the arms over.
Keep a full grip around the bar for as long as possible, even when releasing the hook by sliding the thumbs out.
The goal is to make the connection of the bar and shoulders as smooth and precise as possible-stay connected and guide it in rather than simply flipping it up there.
You can begin with a relatively slow movement to ensure you’re hitting the ideal positions and connecting smoothly, but work to eventually turn the bar over as quickly as possible.
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[@johnmurrin9734]

best weightlifting channel on youtube!

[@weightliftim9921]

really helpful, have actually already begun incorporating tall muscle snatches in my warmups from an older video

[@purplespottedcow]

Working on faster elbows, this video arrived at the perfect time! So thankful you offer these tips for free :D

[@kmidst_fn5225]

Yep, I need to be doing this. Going to put in every warmup.

[@jennatulls0420]

Thanks Greg!!

[@nl5h]

thanks for the explanation.

[@ONE-pg7wd]

Ty u for all the advice. Going to comment more

[@smolboyi]

Thank you.

[@APatriarca1]

thanks for sharing this

[@riccagiaco]

same as below!!!

[@Mighty1Manz]

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[@rgaylemich2244]

Just curious about what angle you generally watch your athletes from. Does it depend on what they are doing or what you are looking for? I am working with all levels of athletes from complete beginner (where you can see technical faults from outer space) to a mid level athlete that has a few years of experience & has more subtle harder to see faults. Some days I feel like I’ve run a marathon moving around to see at different angles to not miss anything. Btw- Thanks for giving us newer coaches such great resources to get better & just general badass inspiration.

[@CatalystAthletics]

Usually an oblique angle (halfway between front and side) is best, and is definitely best for your initial look - that will let you see as much as possible from a single place. Then once you figure out what if anything specific you need to look more closely at, you can move to the best position for that.

[@rgaylemich2244]

@@CatalystAthletics much appreciated