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      03-07-2018, 08:48 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by F32Fleet View Post
I typically see people who don't drop deep enough, splay their feet out to the sides during the movement, and catch the bar at mid-chest. Basically too much weight for the amount of reps.
You realize there is no minimum depth requirement for a power clean, right? The exact opposite is true, there is a maximum depth (parallel), beyond that it just becomes a clean.

Starfishing and catching the bar mid-chest are inefficient, but not "cheating" in any real way. It happens with people who are new-ish to the movement and none of the above really presents any significant risk of injury.

I'll agree that anyone displaying those movement patterns should be coached to lower the weight and do it right to enforce the desired movement patterns, but that's a different discussion from "cheating".
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