Personal Trainer Certification

Hang Clean

Description

  • Squat down and grab the bar with your hands slightly outside of hip-width.
  • Keeping your head up and chest out, stand up holding the bar.
  • Bend forward and assume an athletic stance, your arms hanging straight down and your shoulders over the bar.
  • Keep your back straight.
  • With one quick burst of motion, extend your legs and hips straight up, as if to jump.
  • The barbell moves upward because of the momentum created by your legs.
  • The arms simply "follow" the barbell, the elbows leading the way.
  • At the highest point the barbell reaches, quickly rotate the elbows forward and catch the bar on the shoulders.
  • Squat down with the barbell on your shoulders and your elbows up.
  • Stand up, return to athletic stance and repeat.
  • This is a high skill exercise. Please seek the guidance of a USAW Certified Olympic Weightlifting coach for further instruction.

Mistakes

  • At set up: rounding the back and shoulders not over the bar
  • While pulling the bar off the ground: allowing the hips to come up first
  • Using the arms instead of the legs to accelerate the barbell upward
  • Receiving the barbell in the hands instead of on the shoulders
  • Leaning forward as you squat down
Muscle Groups
  • Abs & Core
  • Full Body
  • Hips & Buttocks
  • Legs
  • Upper Body
Purposes
  • Leg power
  • Hip power
  • Torso power

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