joemac
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Hi.
I am currently practicing performing a right-handed and left-handed clean with a 12kg kettle-bell.
I would appreciate a brief review and comment on my form as posted in below videos.
I am still in "practice" phase, and I assume I will need many reps over months to get it right.
Random Thoughts.
Video link A: 10x 10kg left handed clean, first attempt
Video link B: 10x 10kg left right handed clean, first attempt:
At the this point, I put more effort in switching the position of my wrist from the center of the bell's handle to its angle, and I think the motion got better.
Video link C: 10x 10kg left handed clean, second attempt:
Video link D: 10x 10kg left right handed clean, second attempt:
As always, thank you for your time and attention, I appreciate any criticism.
Ilya
I am currently practicing performing a right-handed and left-handed clean with a 12kg kettle-bell.
I would appreciate a brief review and comment on my form as posted in below videos.
I am still in "practice" phase, and I assume I will need many reps over months to get it right.
Random Thoughts.
- I am trying very hard to avoid banging my wrist and forearms. I am very afraid of that. I am trying to avoid having it fly over 180 degrees and instead to slide along my wrists/forearms.
- Am I correct that I should in time develop callouses along the forearm? I've noticed that the day after I practice the clean that I feel a strange feeling in my wrists/forearm unlike anything I feal when otherwise training. Its in the exact location on my wrists/forearms that come into contact with the bell during the clean. Its not the feeling of strain like when you wake up in the morning, and its not pain. The closest equivalent is how your skin feels "baked" after time spent out in the sun.
- Dan John had a video where he explained that a clean is combination of a single handed kettle-bell swing but halfway through you stab the bell in an upward motion with your hand, such that the bell travels the minimum distance from bottom to the rack position. That is what I am trying to do.
- At first I had great difficult cleaning the bell without having it flip over 180 degrees and bank the wrists/forearms. I couldn't figure it out. But I changed my technique. When I start a clean motion at the bottom, my wrist holds the bell directly in the center of the handle. As I propel the bell up, there is a moment when my hands "stabs" or "jumps" in the air, such that my wrist moves from holding the handle in its center and moves to holding the bell's handles at its angle. So, if I am doing a right-handed clean, I start by holding it in the center of the handle, but half way through my hand will jump and grab the handle on the left side/curve, right before I place it in racking position. The dramatically improved the movement. Sometimes I feel it slide good.
Video link A: 10x 10kg left handed clean, first attempt
Video link B: 10x 10kg left right handed clean, first attempt:
At the this point, I put more effort in switching the position of my wrist from the center of the bell's handle to its angle, and I think the motion got better.
Video link C: 10x 10kg left handed clean, second attempt:
Video link D: 10x 10kg left right handed clean, second attempt:
As always, thank you for your time and attention, I appreciate any criticism.
Ilya