It’s a staple for many and a scourge to some, but chances are if you’re a serious strength athlete at least some portion of your training will focus on the power clean, so you might as well learn how to do them correctly.


Two-time Olympic gold medalist Hossein Rezazadeh made a 200-kg power clean look light as a feather in the training hall at the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic).  IronMind® | Randall J. Strossen photo.


Three-time coach of the USA Olympic Weightlifting team, Jim Schmitz has seen a lot of power cleans during his career as an athlete, coach and administrator—some light and some some heavy; not to mention the good, the bad and the ugly.

If you want yours to be good and heavy, read up:  go to the Training Articles button at the top of the IronMind home page, select Jim Schmitz on the Lifts or click this link to go directly to The Power Clean.
                                                                      
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