There’s been some question about the jumping point of the clean (and the snatch). There’s also been some question about if the bar should hit the hips or not. Here’s what I would say, “Whatever works man.” But I do believe there is some confusion out there. There are different folks in different camps. Some in the hit the hips camp, some not. I personally believe if you’ve been lucky enough to have taken a physics class or two, as I have, you would lean toward the hip-hitting camp. I will get into why that might be in a later post.
In the meantime, watch this slow motion video of Chad Vaughn and judge for yourself his jumping point and whether the bar hits his hips.
Olympic
5 x 1, 3-position clean, as heavy as possible, 2-3 min rest (video)
Conditioning A
EMOM for 30 min, alternating between,
1a) 3 T&G (touch and go) power cleans @ 80% of 3-position clean,
1b) 10 pull-ups,
1c) 15 push-ups Games-standard
Midline/Skill
2a) 4 x 10 “Hug-A-Twinkie”, rest 60 sec
2b) 4 x 10 GHD sit-up, rest 2 min
Olympic: 225, 245, 255, 265. missed one of the cleans so stopped at 4 sets. completed rep after. accelerating early in the 2 pull.
Condidtioning: used 212#. stringing unbroken clean together was difficult do to wrist.
Midline/skill: Fine.
Worked up to 185 on Olympic but stopped there due to time/fatigue from moving furniture
Conditioning: Used 175 on the workout t&g got tough rounds 7-10
Thanks for posting Ry.
Thanks for posting this video…. Last night (Thursday), I was able to FINALLY grasp the concept of a CLEAN (vs. Power Clean)… And PR’d!! 130#… 5 pounds away from my goal clean…. WOO HOO!! Thanks Ben!!
Maybe it was because I was WOD’ing next to my WOD’ing buddy/partner… RYAN!!!
Conditioning: 105# Touch & Go
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Conditioning: 105# Touch & Go
What weights did you use for the 3-position?