Fitness board: Real talk : power cleans

Keep the bar against your chest (or as close to as possible). This makes you use shoulder muscles.

And if you haven't learned correct form, you should have never done over 125 lbs

Google is very hard to use..

I have youtubed Elliot hulse, Allan thrall, rippetoe and others. I can't get it no matter how many videos I watch.

You'll feel like a douche in the gym, but video yourself with your phone. It's the only way to see what you're doing wrong if you don't have a coach.

Compare it to proper technique on Youtube and whatnot.

The reason you can't get the technique down is because you're trying to learn how to do power cleans. You need to break it down into the individual movements.
10 light weight reps of what I call power shrugs, aka the beginning part of the clean. What you wanna do is get into the power clean start position and explode up into a shrug, bringing the bar about belly button high and rocking onto your tip toes.
Next, do 10 hang cleans. So rock onto your toes, bringing your hips forward to push the bar forward some, and catching it low in a front squat.

Then, do a couple of light weight reps putting the two together. You never wanna bring the bar any higher than your belly button. Once it's that high, you wanna drop under it and catch it in a front squat.

Last time I 1rm on clean, I hit 340 so you can trust me, I know what I'm talking about.

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catch it in a front squat.

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Wouldn't that be a squat clean?

i think it might be the drop part I might have problems on. Also, I want to transition to a clean and press after I get good. I can't get grip after I an already in the front squat hand position.

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Unless you're trying to start powerlifting, I don't think you really need to go above 225.

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I will always try to do more.

Powerlifting =/= power cleans