page_title: Clean and jerk
section_title: Jerk
hierarchical_section_title: Clean and jerk / Jerk
caption_attribution_description: English: Zulfiya Chinshanlo World Champion 2009 53kg class Kazakhstan photo taken at Goyang City site of 2009 world championships in Olympic Weightlifting
context_page_description: The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the clean, the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without resting fully on the clavicles. During the jerk the lifter raises the barbell to a stationary position above the head, finishing with straight arms and legs, and the feet in the same plane as the torso and barbell.
  Of the several variants of the lift, the most common is the Olympic clean and jerk, which, with the snatch, is contested in Olympic weightlifting events.
context_section_description: The jerk begins from the "front rack" position, which is the finishing position of the clean.  The lifter dips a few inches by bending the knees, keeping the back vertical, and then explosively extends the knees, propelling the barbell upward off the shoulders, and then quickly dropping underneath the bar by pushing upward with the arms and splitting the legs into a lunge position, one forward and one back. The bar is received overhead on straight arms, and, once stable, the lifter recovers from the split position, bringing the feet back into the same plane as the rest of the body.
caption: Zulfiya Chinshanlo, World Champion 2009 in the 53 kg class performing the jerk portion of the lift
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