How to safely drop/fail a clean?

[Niko49ers]

How does one safely get out of a failed attempt at a power clean? Most of the time when I fail a clean, it's on my last set with my heaviest weight and it's the front squat portion of the lift.

[BigD_SEVA]

what kind of rack do you use?

[Niko49ers]

what kind of rack do you use?

Didn't know there were types of "racks".

But I do them out in the open. I take the bar loaded with weight off of the the rack, step out and perform the clean.

Or sometimes I'm just too lazy to re-rack the bar and I'll be picking it up/setting it on the ground.

(I lift at a high school weight room)

[BigD_SEVA]

two quick rack styles


but what id suggest is just reversing the motions that you did to get the wight up there, let the weight go to your waist then basically put it down like you're doing a dead lift. If you do have a rack near you before you start lifting set the safty hooks to shoulder height or around that and if you fail a clean set the weight on there.


Its hard to fully understand your situation

[Wolzen]

drop it away from you? the weights are not fragile no need to be scared