To myself : If you almost catch a clean YOU CAN catch it, and jerk it.
It’s a mostly unconscious fear of getting pinned causing the close misses. When you go up to a “heavy” clean know you CAN get under it, and you WILL. Then you’ll easily stand up with it, and jerk it.
Ah, okay, now with that out of the way…to the post…
I read this anecdote of a 17 year old kid cleaning and jerking his front squat max.
The details were it being a double bodyweight rep of ~350lbs at a lanky ~175lbs.
That’s an eye opener ain’t it?
Cleaning and jerking his front squat max.
Crazy right?
Now I’ll one up it…
There have been international caliber weightlifters who out clean and jerk their front squat.
Uncommon, but true.
There’s no need to fear getting under the bar…the missing link!..the third pull!..pulling under the bar.
If you can pull it high enough to get under it, you can stand up with it.
No fear.
It makes all the difference.
-J
7/6/18 Third time cleaning 275. A buddy saying I should give it one more shot after failing twice, realization of the above as I put my hands on the bar, success, and jerking it for 3.
7/10/18 Got it on a regular bar after 2 fails with only one jerk this time.