clean exercises

[melfitz]

Hi Cathe!

Could you explain what it means to do an exercise cleanly? For example, in HSTA during the squats segment, you say to clean it up (after doing slow-count squats) by finishing with 8 single count squats. Other examples are doing the clean and press in ME and during CTX kickbox you say to do the arm-kick combo clean. I've been wondering about this for a while.


Thanks!

-Melanie

 

[Cathe Friedrich]

Hi Melanie! Well in ME the exercise is technically called a clean and press. This is an exercise where you "clean" the weight up to your shoulders (in a swift action) and then press it overhead. As far as saying "clean it up" for squats or kickbox drills, I mean to simply perform the movement as precisely (free of bad form )as you can. Hope that helps.