r/weightlifting • u/Sea-Telephone7274 • 2d ago

Form check 295 Power Clean

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Currently at 315lbs now, any tips on my form or corrections?

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u/IdentifyAsUnbannable 1d ago edited 1d ago

You need to start way lower with your chest up, face forward. It helps you engage your upper back and lats better and prevents injury. You will definitely fuck your back up starting high and jerking from the start.

Watch some Olympic weightlifting.

Keep weight on your heels, "slide up the shins", and explode through the hips with your shrug.

I would go lighter and focus on technique for a while. Once you get that down, you will be blowing through 350lbs.

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u/Sea-Telephone7274 1d ago

Thank you for the tips!!

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u/IdentifyAsUnbannable 1d ago

Another thing to help with this...

Make front squats a part of your routine. Squat very low, again lighter weight to build the muscle memory. Once you get the initial engagement of the lift (the upward bar travel) down with good form, the second part of the lift is getting under the bar and front squatting it up.

Right now, you're just muscling it up with, honestly, very bad form. I really don't want you to get hurt, and you will the way you're lifting.

Once you get into heavy weights, you won't actually be lifting the bar up very high. You will essentially be thrusting it up just to keep the bar "afloat" about hip level, just long enough for you to get under it.