Clean and Jerk, Power Cleans, Hang Cleans, and Snatches

[jacketwrestler1]

Which one is your favorite and which do you feel requires the most explosion?

 

[Urban]

Snatches and snatches.

 

[joe broadway]

snatch

snatch

 

[cXs808]

power snatches are pretty damn hard too...

 

[hunto]

Which one is your favorite and which do you feel requires the most explosion?

Hang clean definitely.

 

[LeftyC]

Clean, Snatch.

 

[Ascendant]

Write-in: Single arm snatches.

 

[ShadowNINku]

Favorite: power clean

 

[Toqui]

Snatches even more than hang cleans. Provided the weight is the same, they both go up just as fast but the snatch travels more distance.

 

[cXs808]

Snatches even more than hang cleans. Provided the weight is the same, they both go up just as fast but the snatch travels more distance.

and the rack on the snatch is much more taxing than the clean

 

[-dirtywhiteboy-]

love the clean and jerk....i hate doing snatches but will do them....snatches defintally are the more explosive movement cause its one motion as opposed to two in the clean and jerk...

 

[Tosa]

Snatches are my favorite. Moving weight from the ground to overhead in one quick motion can't be beat.

As for which requires the most explosion, it's a matter of distance divided by time.
So out of the options given, power snatches require the most explosion. But a one arm snatch would have the weight moving an even greater distance.

 

[N4th4n]

Snatches are my favorite. Moving weight from the ground to overhead in one quick motion can't be beat.

As for which requires the most explosion, it's a matter of distance divided by time.
So out of the options given, power snatches require the most explosion. But a one arm snatch would have the weight moving an even greater distance.

how so?

 

[Tosa]

how so?

Well, I haven't timed it, but less say the time it takes to perform a snatch, powersnatch, clean or power clean is roughly the same. Then the most explosive exercise would be the one in which the bar moves the farthest. In other words, the highest bar speed achieved, and the greatest acceleration.

On another note, I know I"ve seen somewhere some numbers measure output during various oly lifts in watts. I'll try to look it up, since it seems applicable.

 

[Tosa]

Alright so it seems the peak power output during the clean and snatch is similar. That makes sense, as it's the same muscles being used. But the bar speed for the snatch is greater.

Biomechanical Profiles of Olympic Weightlifters

 

[cXs808]

how so?

a complete lockout with a 1 hand snatch goes higher up than a snatch

 

[DON FRYE]

I won't comment on which is the most explosive but, I love hang cleans.

 

[cXs808]

snatch has the greatest speed, and distance and when doing a barbell snatch you can get more weight than a 1hand snatch...so technically the snatch is the most "powerful" move

 

[turbozed]

snatch has the greatest speed, and distance and when doing a barbell snatch you can get more weight than a 1hand snatch...so technically the snatch is the most "powerful" move

Depends really. If you're moving a lot of weight and going really low into overhead squat position, it might not be a farther distance than a standing up rack position.

It's pretty obvious that a snatch with super low weight where you don't even need to get into overhead squat position has most distance traveled.

 

[CosmicOsmo]

Snatch and Snatch...although I'm much better at cleans than snatches. I'm working on it!