3 Actionable Tips For Your Cleans

[@goose0078]

Normally I hate invasive tech, but I love that every time I get back into strength training regularly, KZbin starts re-recommending all my favorite fitness channels lol. Glad to see everyone is doing well, y'all are a big help.

[@edward0]

what do you mean by invasive tech?

[@arbo3495]

​@@edward0he meant that KZbin knows what fitness channels he used to like years ago

[@fluorophoremusic3679]

For anyone who actually lives nearby Alan's gym--you're super lucky. I'd pay good money to train with Alan. I've watched his videos for a long, long time. He's always struck me as truly honest, good-natured, and has real sound advice. His advice is based on practical experience, as well as study. Wish I could train with you one day, man. Thanks for all of your videos over the years...and I wish you more and more success with your gym and life.

[@phillipkleam4664]

He’s been my strongman coach for three years. He’s the best.

[@andrewkim1496]

Love the focus on the more subtle but very important details of the clean!

[@fr3akenstien]

Amazing timing, while just getting done with my midnight shoulder mobility stretching based on Alan's recommendations for getting into the game of cleans, he uploads another useful instruction manual to aid a powerlifter guide to olympic lifting. You are ever so insightful to my lifting progression, so thank you 🤘🏽🤘🏽🤘🏽

[@freesoulfreesoul6550]

Dangggg alan thrall been watching since i started my fitness study for ACE until now. Glad to see u still doing it

[@MrParsnips07]

Super timely video, was doing cleans this morning and will definitely incorporate these tips in the next session!

[@SageOfEchoes]

Cleans and press is my favorite thing to just do for fun and feel strong. These are great tips.

[@domepiece11]

Yes! Catalyst Athletic’s Oly posters are a great addition to any gym.

[@ReadySetBeast]

Perfect timing!

[@valeriybaibossynov2690]

Thanks Alan, going to do squat cleans more. This power version is kind of comfort zone for me(and many other athletes I think) .

[@muybay]

Clean shaven Alan admonishing me to train untamed just hits different than when Sasquatch Alan said it. 🤷‍♂

[@southj89]

He’s packed muscle on to his arms and shoulders, nice work

[@krb0123]

Dude this is gold

[@Blake-sy8pl]

hell yeah alan thanks for this man

[@seethrough_treeshrew]

I always struggle with re-gripping the bar from the rack position in order to put the bar on the floor and not just drop it from my shoulders

[@shiropadipto701]

Hi Alan. I would really appreciate your help on choosing the right size for my Stoic knee sleeves. My knee is 37cm, so according to the size chart I should get a medium (36.5-39 cm). But I am a bit worried it will be loose as the small size is 33.5-36 cm. Should I go for medium or small? I am a beginner, so I am gaining muscle faster. This would be my first knee sleeves, so I don’t want it to be too tight. Thanks in advance.

[@Kettvnen]

thank you very much sir

[@LucasDimoveo]

I was wondering when you were going to get back to cleans!

[@deadtoyou6660]

What do you think of snatch grip high pulls?

[@X0rDuS]

So at the start you would say one should "squat the bar" up ? what we don´t want in the deadlift, we want in the olympic lifts ?

[@domepiece11]

I actually believe the BEST way to learn Oly is to do the hang power version. You have to be snappier. And it lets you focus on the meat and potatoes.

[@Mr.Ciobanu]

Are those Do-Wins?

[@jonathanrichter3184]

For the algorithm

[@bradydastrup1025]

First for the Al Gore Rhythm.

[@kumbackquatsta]

does this apply to power cleans?

[@madworld109]

The same technique and principles apply to powers and fulls. Powers you're just catching higher

[@mormril]

What the hell. I stopped weightlifting but had this subscription when I was getting after it. Now I am shocked to see a clean shaven Alan.

[@matthewvelge1196]

Me looking for tips on improving my cleans. Alan Thrall hold my beer

[@chonkeboi]

Channel name change?

[@AndreaAustoni]

Shoulda kept the accent. Always loved your sense of humor, Alan.

[@moiseslgaristo6785]

Took 6 months off now I’m back

[@Ateszika]

Just buy a robot vacuum

[@marcos2968]

Allan after cut his hair turned into Sebastian Vettel.

[@ChimeraBlockhead]

'It is really hard to do a full front squat with a crappy rack position' - my cleans would disagree lol

[@mj99875]

Tidbits? GOLDEN TIDBITS?

[@GOLDSWE]

Upload "your back is wack" videos again!

[@net-work-error]

The catalyst athletics KZbin and website are incredible resources for anyone interested in Olympic lifting. Greg is a legend

[@TonyJer04]

Hello Alan Thrall, did you lose weight? I used to watch your channel for 8 years but fell off.

[@Yupppi]

Clean's easypeasy (as if) but can you make 3 actionable tips for split jerk? That damn front leg just isn't willing to reach far enough to go vertical/the balance isn't behind enough. Regarding clean I find your tips pretty much the same simple things that helped me make clean feel good. The starting position is not supposed to be comfortable. Hips barely above knees and shoulders over the barbell, knees about in the same line with the barbell and shoulders. Arching the back, pulling everything tight before starting, but just to maintain the back angle throughout the pull. And pushing vertical with legs. No need to hurry in the first pull, the second pull is the quick one and that helps maintaining the position. Also the arms don't "really" pull as in curl, it's much easier to think of going vertical and as the bar touches your legs and hips extend, that's when you pull the elbows back and flip the arms to front rack position quickly. The bar should feel about weightless at that time and you shouldn't pull the bar high, you should pull yourself low. It's a magical feeling when you get it right, when you push through the legs and extend well, when the bar just flies upwards and you wonder what happened because you felt that your body just got pulled very low very fast as if you were tied to the bar from your arms and someone flipped you around the bar. Somehow pulling the elbows back is the trigger that makes you swing under the bar and into the front rack. Getting those things right, the starting position, pushing through the legs, keeping the arms straight until the flip, it also somehow transfers you from poor halfway power cleans with struggling posture to getting the depth into squat. You might even find that you get the satisfying foot slam and a strong feeling front squat position as a result. Also you should probably do clean pulls after cleans as sort of technique and strength drill. No contact, just practicing the pull from the floor and getting up to toes. Extending well and maintaining that back angle and pushing through the legs. I think it really makes things sharper and gets you used to the weird and weak feeling starting position. Personally I actually think power clean is harder than full clean. There's such a pull for me to get under the bar that I need to consciously focus on staying high. But one thing it teaches is getting enough bar height and a good pull, you can't save the lacking pull and contact with dropping under. When you get the pull and contact right, the bar just jumps on your shoulders instead of having to use arms to force it on them. But if your front rack sucks, I think the easily best way is to start doing front squats and really focus on the front rack all the way. Like even switching back squats to front squats for a while. The professional lifters who bend their arms usually do it because they have god damn gorilla arms and they really need to bend the arms to get the contact point reasonably high. You also named the channels I've been binging lately, Juggernaut Training Systems and Greg Everett of Catalyst Athletics are god damn golden for weightlifters. And to add to that there's Gabriel Sincraian with a list of technique tips from a medalist who has phenomenally aesthetic technique and huge lifts for his weightclass. And then there's Sika Strength also for a bit deeper dive than simple technique tutorials. It's nice to know I haven't been consuming "the wrong" content. I'd be happy to watch more weightlifting content, the timing after the Olympics is also fruitful.

[@Ihavcat]

Damn bro I ain’t reading all that. But put a piece of tape on the floor ahead of you and reach for it with your front foot.

[@souperhart]

first

[@vojtechrac7023]

His legs are too distracting. Goddamn they big!

[@tonymaloney7096]

Why oh why oh why do all metal head vikings eventually shave and look normal??? No!!!! Bring back the Viking Alan