shin scrape cleans

[Singleton]

Cleans from the floor.

I'm trying to do them right but I'm scraping up my shins really badly. I keep opening the scabs each time I do cleans and it's annoying.

What should I do to fix my form and not mess my cleans up?

Thanks

 

[bignate73]

the bar shouldnt be scraping your shins. you should be lining up the bar over the ball of your foot. squeezing the bar off the floor, until you get up above your knee for the second pull.

 

[super_rice]

Ideally, the only point of the first pull is to provide a little acceleration (a little) and mainly, to set up the second pull, where all the action happens. If you are scraping your shins, you are probably ripping it off the floor - a bodybuilder clean.

Try slowing down the first pull, and then when you get to a hang clean type height, concentrate on the second pull. I think usually, the first pull is not really used much more than for a 2nd pull setup unless the lifter is very advanced.

 

[blut wump]

I only scrape my shins on light weights with cleans. Party from what Super Rice says in that I rip it too rapidly but also the bar tends to roll slightly where I do them when it's still light and usually inwards so I sometimes rip it from slightly out of position after it has rolled.