Power Clean AND Squat Cleans?

[brittf]

Hi Charles (or others).

Do you ever practice Power Cleans on their own in place of full Squat Cleans? It seems like it would help with the second pull (at least wrt pulling power) and might groove the 2nd pull better...

However, it also seems like it might send conflicting motor pattern signals to the brain.

I notice that I pull a little differently when I am doing a full Clean & Jerk as opposed to when I am just practicing heavy squat cleans. I can squat clean more than I can jerk. As a result, I believe that I "think" about the upcoming jerk in a C&J and pull differently.

This is all probably a bit irrelevant, since my clean is significantly higher than my jerk and I should just be figuring out how to get my jerk up!!! :)

What do you do?

Regards,
brittf

[Charles Staley]

Only when I want to give my knees a break, but that's just me. I have gobs of pull, and in fact, in the clean, I can pull more weight to my shoulders than I can stand up with.

There is a certain benefit to setting up a jerk with a full clean that you don't get with a power clean- you have time to acquaint yourself with the weight prior to jerking it.

If you've got a (relatively) weak pull however, you can benefit from power cleans


Hi Charles (or others).

Do you ever practice Power Cleans on their own in place of full Squat Cleans? It seems like it would help with the second pull (at least wrt pulling power) and might groove the 2nd pull better...

However, it also seems like it might send conflicting motor pattern signals to the brain.

I notice that I pull a little differently when I am doing a full Clean & Jerk as opposed to when I am just practicing heavy squat cleans. I can squat clean more than I can jerk. As a result, I believe that I "think" about the upcoming jerk in a C&J and pull differently.

This is all probably a bit irrelevant, since my clean is significantly higher than my jerk and I should just be figuring out how to get my jerk up!!! :)

What do you do?

Regards,
brittf