LoneRider
Level 6 Valued Member
Having a lot of experience with different strength programs (predominantly PttP, Greyskull LP, and Wendler 5/3/1) over the past seven years I've encountered all sorts of interesting ways to program.
The Olympic lifts or Olympic style lifts have been long recognized for their ability to create outstanding athleticism and explosiveness. I've made sure to include either the full on snatch and clean and jerk or even just the power clean in my programming since 2015.
I find that they are also complimentary to my kettlebell work (separate thing), incidentally and my kettlebell work compliments them.
A very interesting way I've seen the power clean and power snatch programmed is as a precursor to the deadlift in the Greyskull LP. That's about 5-6 singles (no set percentage of a 1RM) where one gets 3 or so reps on the heavy side.
Has anyone else managed to successfully program power cleans/snatches into their barbell programming?
The Olympic lifts or Olympic style lifts have been long recognized for their ability to create outstanding athleticism and explosiveness. I've made sure to include either the full on snatch and clean and jerk or even just the power clean in my programming since 2015.
I find that they are also complimentary to my kettlebell work (separate thing), incidentally and my kettlebell work compliments them.
A very interesting way I've seen the power clean and power snatch programmed is as a precursor to the deadlift in the Greyskull LP. That's about 5-6 singles (no set percentage of a 1RM) where one gets 3 or so reps on the heavy side.
Has anyone else managed to successfully program power cleans/snatches into their barbell programming?