Take a look at this "Clean pull with chains"

[Andrew Wilson]

Here WFS

Any thoughts? My thoughts are WTF

Notice the guy's right knee

[Garrett Smith]

I'd call that a jump shrug, which I consider to be a different exercise than a clean pull. I didn't notice the guy's knee.

The way they had the chains set up would seem like it would make for a herky-jerky load when the heavy chains finally got picked up off the floor.

[Dave Van Skike]

i'd call it the no lockout hopping deadlift.

once you start playing with chains and bands, it's really hard to stop yourself.

[Blair Lowe]

Form isn't great. Too much weight on a bar makes for a slow jump shrug. Kind of loses the whole point of a jump shrug. Again, some shitty jump shrug form. I don't see extension through the ball of the foot or hips. A lot of leaning over the bar.

Doing it chains might be interesting. I have no experience with chains but it is intriguing.

Still, in their use it isn't unsafe and their athletes are going to gain from it.

[Brandon Oto]

Just looks like a sort of speed deadlift.

[Brian Lau]

Reminds me of that video of Travis Mash applying some Westside methods to the O-lifts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qsl3u59AqA

which happens to have something like a clean pull w/ chains at about 2:50.

[Patrick Donnelly]

Whatever gets the teams winning. There's definitely worse out there than clean pulls with chains. I do wonder what the reasoning behind a blob of chain is though, rather than a few short strands. Several shorter chains would give a much more linear weight increase than a blob.

Originally Posted by Brian Lau

Reminds me of that video of Travis Mash applying some Westside methods to the O-lifts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qsl3u59AqA

which happens to have something like a clean pull w/ chains at about 2:50.

That video makes it seem like ALL of his training is done with chains. Is that the case? Seems a bit extreme.

[Dave Van Skike]

I think Travis had an injury and went back to PL.

edit: n ot sure about that. couldn't find good info but here's a snippet between he and Wendler.

http://www.elitefts.com/documents/travis_mash.htm

his blog hasn't been updated for a long while but,

http://mashmonster.blogspot.com/