Stiff Armed Pulls

[revexrevex]

I did some yesterday

My upper back is so sore, but the way i did it was like an explosive deadlift with shrug on top

Does anyone have any pictures or videos of how to do it properly? Its an awesome exercise

 

[bignate73]

its in the sticky at the top of the page. tons of OL style stuff!! and yeah, heavy high pulls hurt those traps like no ones business.

 

[revexrevex]

thanks!

 

[coolcolj]

No there are no good vids there of a stiff armed clean pull as used by elite oly lifters. From what I have seen of it in Ironmind tapes - they don't actually go up on their toes. It's basicly a very fast clean deadlift with a shrug up top due to the bar shooting up.
The arms bend slightly from the upward motion but only reaches the Belly button if that.

They use the same form as a clean but with much heavier loads.