Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Now I now cleans and or hang cleans are very sport specific. I know from my past experiences cleans or hang cleans have helped my verticle in basketball and powering up for rebounds and put backs. It involves multiple muscle groups and is one of the core exercises, aside from deads, squats and bench. How many bros here incorporate cleans or hang cleans into thier work outs. i\I did a couple of years ago but have not since then. In the sicne of bodybuilding how many do?
To clean or not to clean
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The biggest problem is that most people don't know how to do them and perform them safely (every time a BBing mag publishes an article and shows pictures I cringe as they always seem to hire a fitness model who doesn't have a clue either and demonstrates horrible stuff). They are a huge tool to have in the arsenal as pulling from the floor or any vertical plane with heavy weight is very fundemental to training (like squatting) but having only the deadlift and no other option is like owning an elephant gun for all your hunting needs. It's awkward at times and hard to fit due to how taxing it can be handling heavy weight (i.e. if you want to improve your pulling and really focus on it, you have to push stuff out and be meticulous to make room for 2-3x per week deadlifting - look at Korte's 3x3 sometime). Dynamic pulling is very stimulative and is a lot less taxing so volume and frequency are much freer and less constraining. Now nothing in here addresses sports, use for explosive power, or general fun of performing the lifts but even within a pure BBing context they are hugely useful to have and you should be happy to be in the minority that has some training in them.
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