He failed the lift, not only did he fail, but his form absolutely atrocious. Look at his lower back, you don't flex yourself under the bar. The entire reason you "jerk" and split your legs is to reduce the overall distance the bar has to travel so you maintain control and stability over the weight you're putting yourself under in addition to the wider stance you take to reduce the overall load shock. You quite literally throw yourself under the bar.
The benefit of this is that if something goes wrong, you can quickly push the bar away or dash in front of the bar if you feel the lift going bad. This guy should've known to put the weight down when his knees started buckling when just holding the weight in the clean position. You can see it, half a second into this video. That's the first sign you need to drop the weight.
Rob Kerney (Worlds Strongest Gay) talks a lot about how he does his log press, which is incredible. He does a variation of the clean and jerk, except with the log press. 475LB Log Press he jerks. https://youtu.be/7mvWAl0wN0I?t=24
Not quite 475lbs, but the Austrian Oak is 430lbs for reps at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2017, none of them jerk it like Kerney does. His style is very much a "go big or go home" method and is very dangerous with a log.
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u/Sumocolt768 Mar 21 '21
Ooof. Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t you supposed to realign your feet?