Frankie IT, you said a C&J would be more effective. That happens to be my favorite movement. I'd like to use double 24's. I don't know my rep max right now, but I'd say 12-15. Or does singles work? If so, I'd use a single 32. I'd probably be about a 7rm on that. I'd have to confirm all this. I don't rm too often
I've been away from the Forum for a really long time... But... Are you the guy who was push pressing the beast? And that was push pressing double 24s for an insane amount of reps and setes on the minute? That is of a little help, but I need to know that because of this: don't-ever-forget-the-time-frame.
It's the most imporant detail of A+A, and once the concept is solid, details must be dealt with. A long cycle clean and jerk reps, by my experience and the one of others, seldom allows more than three reps, two for most people. That is a clean, a brief stop in the rack, a powerful jerk, a brief stop overhead, dropping back and stopping again in the rack. If you're just doing the firs clean, then three is much more doable. I've never heard of anyone able to do four, though. 12 to 15 rep max isn't heavy enough. If you can go so high with good form, you need to move to a heavier bell. Single 32 would be a better option, yes. Single arm C&J, it works wonders and Al himself said it has it's purpose and it would be a good thing to mix singles and doubles.
Not testing the RM is to me a good thing, if you're not a competitive lifter. I suspect that you, like me, haven't got access to a 36 kg bell, which would seem the perfect weight (you could probably do 4 good repetitions).
Keep in mind that I was adviced to use the snatch for the first blocks of A+A, as it is the best exercise for the protocols. It's powerful, covers lots of muscles and it's wonderful to understand the concept. I also prefered to try C&J, but I can say it was the best for me to follow what I was told. In fact, like I said in another A+A discussion, the next two blocks I did with swings have been far less effective, even though the weight difference was very big.
A+A is based on power production, and there's no exercise with kettlebells that is superior to the snatch for this. Plus, it's fast.
I also tried double cleans for a brief moment: again, way, way inferior to single kettlebell snatch, with the same weight of the doubles.