Learning the clean will set you up for a whole library of weightlifting exercises, whether you’re a weightlifting beginner, want to upskill your technical lifts or haven’t learned any proper clean form yet.
In theory, the clean is as simple as driving a weight — either kettlebells, dumbbells, or barbells — from the ground to your shoulders in one fluid, powerful motion. But of course, there’s way more skill to it than that and many variations to learn.
