Kettlebell Narrowing stance after double cleans

[Pete L]

Should I be alternating which leg I step in with after double cleans?
I've recently started a block of LCCJ with a 24 kg and 28 kg.
I'm stepping in to narrow my stance and am feeling some "thing" on my left knee.
I'm alternating the bells each set and am unsure if it's a technique issue. Thanks.

 

[Kev]

I personally don’t move my legs when doing dbl cleans or long cycle or presses. I press or jerk from the stance that enables the dbl clean.

 

[Pete L]

I personally don’t move my legs when doing dbl cleans or long cycle or presses. I press or jerk from the stance that enables the dbl clean.

I'll give that a go next practice, ta.

 

[Kev]

I'll give that a go next practice, ta.

No problem. Hope it helps.

 

[Boris Bachmann]

I personally don’t move my legs when doing dbl cleans or long cycle or presses. I press or jerk from the stance that enables the dbl clean.

I'm guessing you're not short.

 

[Pete L]

No problem. Hope it helps.

I'm only three sessions in on the BJJ programme having spent a couple of months occasionally practicing with lighter weights. Now I've added a second jerk it's been noticeable and I'd hate to build up a whole load of volume doing something silly.

 

[Pete L]

I'm guessing you're not short.

Perhaps that's my problem; short legs for my height. Plus my 24 has an annoyingly wide handle to contest with.
Still. Worth playing around with next time.

 

[Mark Limbaga]

You can, or you can find a width you can manage so you don't have to waste time shuffling your feet.

I'm tactical size but have managed to lccj 28s and 32s

 

[Kev]

I'm guessing you're not short.

I’m 5’7” so yeah I’m short.

 

[Kev]

Perhaps that's my problem; short legs for my height. Plus my 24 has an annoyingly wide handle to contest with.
Still. Worth playing around with next time.

Are you using the v placement from RTK?

 

[Daniel Vintila]

Should I be alternating which leg I step in with after double cleans?
I've recently started a block of LCCJ with a 24 kg and 28 kg.
I'm stepping in to narrow my stance and am feeling some "thing" on my left knee.
I'm alternating the bells each set and am unsure if it's a technique issue. Thanks.

I also move my feet when I press or clean and jerk. If I use a single bell I usually move the leg that has no load on that side. For you I would say to move the one where the 24kg is.
Anyway feeling a "thing" in your knee is a bit of a problem as just stepping in or any kind of step should not create any problem. So you might wanna look further into it and see if you can feel that "thing" when squatting or doing other movements.

 

[Pete L]

Are you using the v placement from RTK?

Yes, but I'm tending to hold towards the inner part of the handle making it the worst case.

 

[Kev]

I hold mine in the centre too

 

[Kev]

Yes, but I'm tending to hold towards the inner part of the handle making it the worst case.

I don’t know mate. Maybe it’s a body shape thing. Like I say I’m 5’7” and have always done cleans and presses and jerks and long cycle and push presses without adjusting my feet. The only time I adjust my feet after double cleans is if I’m doing squats.

 

[Brett Jones]

Video?

Hard to say exactly without seeing your technique—IMO.

 

[John K]

I'm tactical size

I don't know if this was supposed to be funny but I laughed!

 

[Boris Bachmann]

I’m 5’7” so yeah I’m short.

Then, unless you have very long legs for your height, you must be fine doing jerks w. a pretty wide stance.

 

[Kev]

Then, unless you have very long legs for your height, you must be fine doing jerks w. a pretty wide stance.

No idea. It’s just how I’ve always done them. My in seam is 30 inches.

 

[Pete L]

 

[Pete L]

Video?

Hard to say exactly without seeing your technique—IMO.

Thanks for the response. I've posted a video below.