Power Cleans

[s8nlilhlpr]

I've been practicing power cleans for about 3 weeks now, nothing heavy just 25s on either side, and today everything finally clicked. Last part of it was figuring out the jump rebend I guess. Anyways I was pretty pumped when I left today, cause the bar was friggin weightless on the way up. Now, how fast should I ramp this up? Squats and deads I've tried ~2.5 every 2 sessions or so just to keep the weight increasing. I was able to squat clean 135 lbs, but I wouldn't say perfect form. Just a thought, wondering what was most effective for other people in terms of ramping up.

 

[ChinkNasty]

well if you've really 'clicked' like you say you will be pleasantly surprised how easy you can make jumps...when I first started cleaning I was stuck around 135 for like 5 weeks, but I made the jump to 185 very shortly thereafter...it just depends on feel brother

 

[Guinness5.0]

I'd say to take whatever jumps you can w/out sacrificing speed/technique. If it wants to blow up faster than your other lifts, then let it - but not at the expense of form.

 

[Madcow2]

95lbs is probably extremely light unless you don't weigh much. Rather than organizing any kind of progression - just train for a bit. Add weight. Any flaws in technique will come right out. Sometimes it's actually easier to teach with heavier weights because they can't be man-handled. So I wouldn't worry about ramping or any type of organization. Do singles and doubles. Get better and just increase the weight. Basically it's about practice. If you don't know how to run - it's stupid to put you on a program to develop your sprint. You need to get out there and just move around, play games, run fast, and have fun.

I will say, increases in the clean can be like night and day though but don't lay out some long multi-week plan of incremental increase at your stage. You've been training with 95lbs so, work up from there each day until you start missing.