Clean & Jerk:

[FUZO]

Clean & Jerk:
Stand over a barbell so that your heels are directly under it, feet shoulder width apart. Bend at your knees and waist to reach down and grasp it with an overhand grip, hands slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Keep your back arched as you push down through your heels to begin pulling the bar up. As the bar passes your torso, elevate your traps and bend your wrists back and move your elbows forward. Then press the bar explosively overhead to full extension, pushing off the balls of your feet so that your heels come off the floor slightly. Reverse the movement and repeat.

[superdog]

Re: Clean & Jerk:

Clean & Jerk:
Stand over a barbell so that your heels are directly under it, feet shoulder width apart. Bend at your knees and waist to reach down and grasp it with an overhand grip, hands slightly wider than shoulder width apart. Keep your back arched as you push down through your heels to begin pulling the bar up. As the bar passes your torso, elevate your traps and bend your wrists back and move your elbows forward. Then press the bar explosively overhead to full extension, pushing off the balls of your feet so that your heels come off the floor slightly. Reverse the movement and repeat.

Nice post.

[Rage]

Re: Clean & Jerk:

I used to do snatches, which is similar. Anybody have opinions as to what kinda reps are best for clean & jerks or snatches? 3 reps? 4-7? More? How about how many sets?

[NATE]

Re: Clean & Jerk:

I used to do snatches, which is similar. Anybody have opinions as to what kinda reps are best for clean & jerks or snatches? 3 reps? 4-7? More? How about how many sets?

I never liked doing more than 2 reps during my working sets. More times than not do more 1 rep sets than 2. If you chart your progress you'll always know what weight you can start your 1 rep sets...I always started on the weight i left off of on my last workout. More times than not it was a warm up set of 10 -12 then x2 then x1 x1 x1 x1 and done...but thats just me.