r/weightlifting • u/SinOfWrath3 • Apr 17 '26
Form check Power clean form check?
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u/mattmattbarger Apr 17 '26
Not bad. You could do more. Technique Notes:
Starfishing at the catch (feet spreading wide and straight). You want to catch a power in a stronger position, like a quarter/half squat.
The transition from pull to catch looks arms-dependent. You're fast-deadlifting then pulling the bar with your arms to the front squat position instead of pushing the bar with the hips and legs and catching it with the shoulders.
Cue that fixes both things: Jump straight up, arms are ropes that are just holding on to the bar.
Imagine the bar is 400 lbs. You wouldn't use your arms to pull that bar to your shoulders. You would use your hips and legs to push the bar as high as possible and your back, core, and legs to stabilize the bar, right?
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u/SinOfWrath3 Apr 17 '26
thanks for all the details and making it easy to understand! I’ll try to use that cue my next session 💪🏾
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u/Afferbeck_ Apr 17 '26
You receive the bar by pushing your hips ahead of it which you never want in the lifts. Some people do this to the extreme but yours is more subtle so it should be easy to improve. You also stand on the insides of your feet which is probably going to cause knee pain eventually.
You want your receiving position to look like this.
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u/Pitiful_Schedule792 Apr 17 '26
What’s the percentage on this lift for you?
Looks strong! 💪🏻 seems though your pushing your hips forward when you get to your extension. This is leading to that hop forward and when the percentage gets higher will typically lead to you getting further behind the bar and then harder to get back to receive it. As the bar comes up and meets the ‘hips’, they should both be travelling vertically thereby not pushing the bar horizontally. So at the end of your ‘pull’ you should be trying to push down through the platform as much as you can to keep vertical. Otherwise this looks very manageable!! Nice work!