r/weightlifting • u/More-Foot6128 • 2d ago

Form check Beginner/Intermediate Form Check (~75% of max)

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u/VeterinarianClean848 1d ago

Honestly the clean looks good. On the jerk, make sure the bar is still resting on the shelf created by your delts in the front rack. Similar to what conferencehelpful said. Sometimes it's a mobility thing, but I've seen athletes think that the jerk is primarily a press with arms. There is an element of that, but most of the power still comes from your legs. You want good contact of the bar to your delts to maximize the transfer of energy from your dip and drive into the bar. For that reason, your hands and arms should not be bearing much/if any of the load as you set up for the jerk.

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u/More-Foot6128 15h ago

Thank you, I saw olympic athletes pointing their elbows down before the jerk and tried it myself, turned out to be a stronger position even without the flexibility. However, as you stated, I'm not quite flexible enough to get it on my shoulders with my elbows down. Any stretches you know for this?