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Muscle Clean: How to and Exercise Guide

Muscle Clean

We use the muscle clean to build better control, timing, and confidence in the clean. In this variation, there’s no drop under the bar. No momentum. No shortcuts. You have to keep the bar close, finish your pull, and drive your elbows through fast. It teaches you that the legs create the power, but the arms guide the bar. If you swing the bar away, the lift falls apart immediately. If you stay close and finish tall, the turnover feels clean and effortless. The muscle clean builds real turnover s

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