Push Press/hanging cleans

[tireflipper]

I have started adding Push presses along with the hanging cleans in to my training regime. I have started getting pain in the under side of my wrists when I go over 220lb. Is there anything I can do to avoid the pain??

[shortz]

Don't do them. Sorry, it's the most obvious remedy.

I would try resting from things that hurt for a week or two. I used to have problems with my right wrist alot and with some rest it went away and didn't come back for almost a year later.

[Jordan]

i used to get the same thing with push press, then a buddy of mine pointed out that i dont keep my wrists straight. Well, i stopped bending my wrists and the pain is gone... If your form is good and the pain is still there, id agree with shortz. you dont want to get arthritis

[tireflipper]

Thanks guys for your input. I looked up on some olympic lifting and when the clean is done the elbows are high with upper arm parallel to the floor with the wrists bent beack and the hands basically touching the shoulders. The push press is than done from that position. So from what I read and saw on some video, flexibility is the key in the wrists. A lot of the athletes were also taped up on the wrists. I can't not do them because they are sometimes included in the strongman events. By the way I had a new PR yesterday with 250 for 2 reps.