hang-cleans and power-cleans

[Fart Barker]

Can somebody explain what these are? Thanks.

[big calvin]

power clean:
1. start as if u where doing a deadlifts.
2.speed is am must in this move so do like a speed deadlifts when u get good momentimum(Sp) , upright the weight.
3. when speeding the bar high over say your trap area(very high upright row, tuck your elbows in as fast as u can so u "catch" the weight at shoulder level.
4. right now u should look like your about to do a push press.
and then back down.

hang and clean:
same as above but start with the weight hanging likeat a top of a deadlift and do the same movement as clean from there.

power clean and press:
same as power clean but at step 4 u do the push press in a quick fashion

these are olympic lifts.

[DaChickenShowYo]

Clean and press is an olympic lift. The bar is lifted deadlift style explosively to a press position, then pressed overhead. Its hard to explain.

A powerclean is just the first part of the movement done with the bar resting on safety bars in a power rack.

A hang clean is a clean done from the bar hanging from your arms.

[ericg]

Check out this site:

http://www.olympus.net/personal/cablebar/HP.htm

Make sure you check out his other pages as well, there is plenty of info on OL (Olympic Lifting) and PL (Power Lifting). Its a great site that places LOTS of concentration of FORM. PL & OL can be VERY dangerous if done incorrectly.

If you are really into PL & OL (has some other usefull articles as well) give this site a look see:

http://www.drsquat.com/indexx.htm

Hope this helps