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[badhabit08]

Could one replace the bench day for a power clean day in this program? Thoughts?

 

[moya]

hell to the yes... excellent idea imo...
if i didnt have to bench in competition, i would not waste my time with it...
i so wish i could compete in a squat/dl event... sadly they dont have those...

 

[badhabit08]

yep exactly my thinking. Don't ever bench in life, but i play basketball all the time and want to increase my vert.

 

[CoBra666]

hell to the yes... excellent idea imo...
if i didnt have to bench in competition, i would not waste my time with it...
i so wish i could compete in a squat/dl event... sadly they dont have those...

and thats prolly y all these kids think benching is the end-all be-all of how strong u r

 

[ExtraMile]

If you were going to drop bench I would just have 3 workouts. I would lift 3x per week and do this:

Monday: squat
Wednesday: military
Friday: deadlift

I would do power cleans before deadlifts. Assistance work could look like this

squat, front squats/lunges, weighted hypers
military, flat db, dips
cleans, deads, chins, abs

 

[the.gladiator1987]

Bench is a great exercise, only ppl that dont like it are the ones that arent that good at it imo.

But if you ABSOLUTELY dont care what your bench is or if you dont want a nice chest development, then go ahead and switch them.

You could do what EM said, or you could also do 4 days with one day devoted to power cleans + vert assistance work. That way youre not tired before your DL's

 

[moya]

and thats prolly y all these kids think benching is the end-all be-all of how strong u r

exactly... one can have an exceptionally strong upper body and still not be able to bench much... it is mostly a matter of leverage...
and ive come to realise that i dont completely suck at bench either, as im good for 1.5x my bw, and working on a program now that should bring it up quite a bit more, as i will admit i have not taken it very seriously... that is about the same level that most guys on this site that weigh 200ish and bench 300ish...
for chest development, sure it is one, if not, the best excersise... however, it is not a very accurate guage of functional strength...
someday when i am through with my powerlifting goals i would love to devote an entire year towards olympic lifting...