can you guys post a vid of a clean with good form? im really starting to get into them and i'd like to know what good form is.
I'm assuming you mean the power clean, which is a variation of the clean and what chuck was performing here. There are a few solid power clean vids on youtube, but lots and lots of ugly ones too (even "instructional videos" I've seen with terrible form)
This one's pretty good (plus she's hot)...notice how her back angle stays the same until the bar gets past her knees...only then does she explosively push her hips through to drive the bar up. Also, her arms remain completely straight until she's completed the triple extension, and notice how she rack the bar on her shoulders with her elbows high, in contrast to how chuck racked it.
With heavier loads you won't get as much (if any) "airtime" from the jump at the end as she does in the vid, but you should still be "jumping the weight up" even if your feet don't leave the ground. Most people will slightly widen their stance on the catch as well, but she doesn't in the vid.
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and here's what it would look like with a serious load: (power clean is around 15 seconds in)
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