Adding in some Hang Cleans... Ideas?

[b fold the truth]

Speaking of which...JM presses with up to 250?

You ARE a beast. Mein Gott!

This is a bit digressive, B Fold, but do you do any curls with the 3"? I cannot speak for you--you're probably in a wholly different situation as a strongman--but my grip is by far my weakest link.

I do not think you can have too strong of a grip, so as a supplementary exercise I'd toss in some thick-bar reverse curls. It might be that little bit of an edge you need in hang-cleaning the sucker...the tighter and longer you can hold on, the greater the control.

More to the point, I also agree with the idea of doing the HCs before DB cleans. If it's something you feel you need to improve, do it as early as you possibly can. I know you don't want to do them before your speed pressing, but is it necessarily set in stone that you must do every workout in an identical sequence? For example, week one, you could easily take care of your speed benches; week two, you could do the hangs first; and week three, you'd be speed benching again, or something along those lines.

I did JM presses with 236 x 5...or was it 241.5 x 5 on Thursday...can't remember.

I believe in working the most important things first. I am not going to sacrifice the pressing strength or the squatting strength for a little grip work with a thick bar...it just doesn't make sense. It is like training your biceps intensely before doing deadlifts or barbell rows.

I am not for sure if people understand how thick a 3" bar really is. Remember that the THICK part of a regular bar is 2"...and the gripping part of a bar is 1 1/16. A 3" bar is HUGE!!!

B True