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so i've noticed a lot of guys doin clean and press's in the gym lately
I've never tried them myself and i'm interested in including them in my routine... what's the best way to start so i can make sure i am using proper form? just doing it with the bar? do many of you guys do them? and what are the benefits of them/have you got from them?

Cheers

Carl

The clean and press is an excellent olympic lifting exercise that I have used in the past primarily when building power (speed + strength) for football/wrestling. I recommend starting with the bar and asking for help on the form from someone you know who uses proper form. Make sure you get the technique down before loading up the weight to reduce the chance of injury.

Hope this helps and good luck.

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I was also curious about this. Since I don't have a gym partner, I was wondering how I could learn it on my own (if at all possible).


I don't see anyone doing this at my gym, so I'm a little weary of dropping weights (though I won't have to worry about this for awhile since I'm a noob).

on eric's site.. www.groundupstrength.com there are some olympic lift tutorials that are worth a watching

cheers for the replies so far
im really keen to get to gym and giving it a go..
Do you notice much size/definition increase? obviously im guessing with such a lift there's going to be some but is it more just for power/strength?

im a soccer player, would this exercise be much benefit to me?
Apologies for the noob like questions

Just never had any exposure to this lift nor speak to anyone who does it
Cheers again

Carl

Read Widdoes' post. It will have carryover to soccer.

Thanks Ross. Yes, it will have a carry over to soccer. Getting the movement down, building coordination and power will be valuable to you as well as anyone else playing sports requiring a combination of speed and strength.

Don't worry about asking questions because if you don't ask you won't learn. Good luck on meeting your goals. Also the vids in the link provided by Pity are definitely worth a look.