A variant of the clean, the hang clean focuses on the second pull and catch phases of the lift. Due to the difficulty of learning the clean, the hang clean is an excellent exercise to learn the basic technique required for the second pull and catch phases. Aside from learning the technique this exercises still involves all the major muscles of the body and is an excellent way to train whole body movements when under a load.

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