The Power Clean - ATG Deep Dive!

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*POSTER* Shi Zhiyong 190kg Power Clean Sequence Poster Download: / sequence-poster-48085418
00:00 Intro
01:28 History of the Power Clean
03:15 First use of the term "Power Clean"?
06:18 How to - Technical Details
10:55 Programming Pros & Cons
12:45 Power Clean Expert Dr. Paul Comfort
18:00 Conclusion
ATG Deep Dive into the Power Clean! This is over 20 minutes of material, covering everything from the lift’s history to its technical aspects to how and when to use it in training.
We also brought in an expert for this: Dr Paul Comfort: / paulcomfort1975
He has a PhD in Sports Biomechanics and Strength and Conditioning. Dr Comfort has done extensive research into the Power Clean and its variants, and he provides insights that apply to Olympic weightlifters and athletes more generally. He talks about power output, percentages, the correlation between cleans and power cleans, and much more.
And if you want even MORE information check out the full recording of our conversation with Dr Comfort on our podcast here: atgpodcast.simplecast.com/epi...
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[@allthingsgym]

POSTER: Shi Zhiyong 190kg Power Clean Sequence Poster Download: www.patreon.com/posts/sequence-poster-48085418

[@Kiido11]

We need a sequel on the Power Jerk! What makes it more interesting (imo) is that people aren't setting WRs using the power clean, but they sure are using the power jerk (Tian Tao, Kakhi, etc.)

[@kirihara147]

never seen neither of them power jerking in my life. they both perform squat jerk however

[@32srt32]

please do more of these!

[@brutalieri]

Quality content as always! Dr. Boffa’s voice 🔥

[@allthingsgym]

01:28 History of the Power Clean 03:15 First use of the term "Power Clean"? 06:18 How to - Technical Details 10:55 Programming Pros & Cons 12:45 Power Clean Expert Dr. Paul Comfort 18:00 Conclusion

[@peterroselli5992]

Well done Dave.

[@DavidBoffa]

Thanks Pete!

[@christopherseat9871]

Thankyou....you're voice gets me listening.

[@Slumppy]

In french there is a distinction between power clean ("épaulé puissance") and tall clean ("épaulé debout"), the former being a clean without the tip toe leaving the ground (regardless the depth of the squat) and the latter being a clean with at most a quarter squat (regardless of what your feets are doing). So technically combinations such as "power tall clean" exist.

[@xGaviJax]

c'est du no feet clean celui ou tu ne bouges pas les pieds

[@christopherblueitt6660]

I miss these styles of videos. A lot of effort and time went into this video. Much love !

[@allthingsgym]

Thank you!

[@cjsmith3121]

Lol make believe units i feel attacked 😂

[@allthingsgym]

🤣🫡

[@zackariahp1873]

I mean he's not wrong ...

[@cliptomaniac2562]

All units are make believe

[@shifty220]

Great stuff! Really enjoyed it!

[@incompetentlogistics]

19:50 I was going to comment exactly this. Everyone should do power cleans for this very reason. 😏

[@Vurti0]

Amazing work my man, GG.

[@williamgutierrez3199]

Excellent information, thank you for your research

[@huntingtonhayes]

It was even more impressive because until 1964 they were all no contact power cleans!!!

[@fabiobonetta5454]

This is so beautiful. More of this please

[@iOnRX9]

thanks for posting

[@user-rv7nl7xs8h]

Fantastic! Great topic, content and presentation. Thank you Doc. Can you do a Power Snatch video in the future?

[@DavidBoffa]

Already got you covered 😃 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHTGk6N3fdCLerM

[@AnthonyGarcia-sy3yk]

👏👏 That's an awesome video . I think most people enjoy the power clean, which is basically like hitting a punching bag full power .Most of the time no the best way to win the fight, but it feels freaking awesome 😂.

[@KairosDBT]

You had me at Platonic! Great video for me as I'm just learning to use cleans.

[@charlessavoie2367]

At Go Heavy several years ago Mark Cameron said Steve Reeves had cleaned 275 in a kneeling position; up till the time Cameron posted his remarks, they were all ridiculing Reeves as a "mere bodybuilder." Scott Norton, famous as the only man to ever "flash" down the six foot seven inch 460 pound Cleve Dean, who had giant hands, did a 211kg behind neck press at the Colorado Springs Olympic training facility. That suggests a possible kneeling position clean of bodyweight for Norton, 360 pounds! Alexeev with his 521 pound exaggerated layback cheating "press" wasn't close to Norton in actual pressing power.

[@camacdonnell1]

Boffa you are the fucking man. That is all.

[@DavidBoffa]

😆

[@edward9]

This announcer has the most dramatic voice ever!!!! It’s the voice of a 225kg power cleaner!

[@snatchgrip]

I thought the history/definition bit was a little on the long side but found everything else in this video to be awesome info and produced with the usual phenomenal ATG quality. Dave you are a total legend, thank you and please make more of these!!

[@niel633]

A definition I’ve heard (iirc it was from garage strength), power clean: a clean in which the during a squat, the knees don’t go past 90 degrees.

[@ogreaesthetics]

One of my favorite lifts ever just 190 kg like its nothing...

[@linctheweightlifter04]

Awesome video! Do you have any videos on extension? I always cut mine short. 😂

[@isaacpiper510]

Wake up babe atg posted a video on KZbin

[@andresgomez4889]

🇻🇪💪🏻🔥 saludos desde Venezuela 🇻🇪 el mejor deporte del mundo 🏋🏻🏋🏻

[@ItsPandatory]

"That bar is dazed."

[@brnreyna]

Does this also correlate with the snatch?? Can we get a video on that as well??

[@remi000simon]

What a great video.

[@roselsantiestebanblanco9900]

Saludos desde Cuba

[@zeppelinpirates]

This brotha looks like Dave Bautista with hair. Also I could fall asleep to his voice

[@akaibake7999]

That ending hahaha

[@noahibanez6414]

10:20 amen 😅

[@everneyangulo2757]

I am 53 years old now. And after hitting the gym for several years, I fell in love with lifting. I have to be honest. Can I start lifting at this age?

[@razrramon2256]

Yeah I started at 35

[@davidrioux611]

Now I have paralysis analysis!!!!!!!😆🤣

[@danielscott3178]

If China does it, it's good. That's my philosophy.

[@thechosenone93]

I’ve stolen so many of their techniques to use and it has only benefited my training.

[@saypeaceyeah]

Such a confusing term because "power" implies extra effort, whereas receiving the bar high doesn't always mean extra effort. Just go to some class at a local gym like body pump for example. They do clean and press, and no they don't do full squat cleans, but "power" ones. With lighter weights of course. I feel like "high/low" clean is a better description.

[@MrPtrlix]

The most important part of the power clean is the part where you can't slow down the movement, which is the jumping, getting under and receiving the bar. In the normal clean, the most important part is the front squat, which can be slowed down.

[@HOCM102]

I imagine Lidia, Mohammed and Shi watching this video and being told they are not themselves 😊

[@fitdev1291]

Andrei Aryamnov doesn't believe in doing power cleans. He does full cleans, and pulls and for power and/or to deload, full cleans from blocks (not hang). And you'd never feel he needs power cleans.

[@lancefile9408]

They're freedom units, not make believe

[@zwryy7622]

Nah

[@molohov3875]

Invented by colonialists lol

[@tahoehiker]

So metric is now commie units!

[@razrramon2256]

Made jus to make u feel stronger