This hip dominant exercise, when performed properly, can be quite beneficial for increasing power and speed through the hips and knees making weights feel lighter when reverting back to squats, leg presses and leg extensions.
To return the weight to the ground drop down while releasing the bar from your shoulders and guide it to the ground.
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That is, the faster you apply a force to an object, the faster it accelerates. The ability to get an object or your body moving depends on the rate at which force is applied. Strength and speed are the foundation of power development, but acceleration is one of the most important aspects in all of sport.
That’s because it’s very nature – fast and furious – tend to make for an energy-sapping, if not humbling, day at the gym. The power clean is one of the most feared and underused methods of gaining strength and mass in the gym.