Power-Clean and Deadlift

The power clean and the deadlift are basic lifts commonly performed by athletes, although unfortunately in recent years the deadlift has lost favor among high school and college strength coaches. 

Even powerlifters have become more reluctant to practice the deadlift, preferring to build strength for this lift with box squats and assistance exercises such as the reverse hyper.

As for the power clean, many coaches prefer to have their athletes perform the lift from the mid-thigh – using the excuse that the full lift is too difficult to teach to large numbers or that this "hang" version is just as good. Let’s stop with the excuses!

The most common reason coaches have ditched the deadlift and modified the power clean is that they are not comfortable teaching the full lift or are simply too lazy to teach them.

Having an athlete place the bar on the crease of the hips and kick it up to the shoulders does not require much skill or instruction.

What’s more, because of the placement of the bar, the athlete’s legs can better push the bar up – the result is that they can often handle as much weight, if not more, than the lift from the floor.

This means the athlete is happy being able to lift a lot of weight, and the strength coach can brag to the sport coach about how brutally powerful their athletes are.

von:  Charles Poliquin



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