
How to Overcome Mental Blocks in the Clean & Jerk!
The clean is the most difficult exercise for an advanced lifter. In the beginning, it’s the easiest, but as you get more advanced and lift heavier, the clean is the hardest exercise. The clean and jerk requires mobility, strength, power, and confidence, you can’t “fake it,” as you sometimes can in the snatch. One of the biggest obstacles is a mental block. The moment when the bar feels too heavy …