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Originally Posted by 0311
LOL, it didn't feel right. I threw up 185 lbs without using any legs. I just basically upright rowed it from the floor, but it didn't feel too good on my wrists. The 225 probably wouldn't have been too difficult. I personally WOULD like to do these the PROPER way, feet leaving the floor, and catching the bar ass to the grass. We'll see.
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That's why I said something. I've tried them and it felt very unatural. In any case there is not supposed to be a lot of arms in there. Another thing is on POWER CLEANS, I don't thing the goal is a full squat to get under the bar. It's the difference between a "full" clean and a power clean. In the power version there is a flex of the knees but not a full on squat. I actually think the power clean is something olympic lifters try to master before the full clean.
Basically from my reading if the bar is caught or "racked" with the thighs above parallel, it's a power clean and if it's caught with the thighs below (or maybe at or below) parallel it's a full clean or "squat" clean.
Again, here is the video I posted above. I think that's a fairly good rendition from what I've read.
http://www.uwosh.edu/phys_ed/programs/stre...power_clean.mov
I don't know if your interested anymore but the idea is one fluid movement. However it's easier if you practice it in two phases. So basically after the pull to the waist you do a hang clean.