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MOVEMENT TIP: The Hang Power Clean

This week CrossFit Seminar Staff member Julie Foucher demonstrates the Hang Power Clean for us. By this stage you may be getting a little confused with all the different names and variations on the clean! But don't panic just yet - it's fairly straightforward when you break it down using the ideas of Hang and Power that we learnt in the previous weeks i.e.:
1. Hang - starting from above the ground (usually just above the knee)
2. Power - don't have to drop into a full squat position
3. Clean (differentiates it from the Snatch, the other Olympic Weightlifting movement)

Points Of Performance



  • Stand on feet with hip-width apart

  • Hands about one thumb's distance from hips

  • Hook grip on the bar

  • Lumbar curve maintained

  • Deadlift the bar to the hang position

  • Extend hips and legs rapidly

  • Heels down until hips and legs extend

  • Shoulders shrug, followed by a pull under with the arms

  • Bar is received in a partial front squat

  • Complete at full hip and knee extension with the bar in the front rack position