Cleans

[the People's Champ]

what day would cleans be on? I am thinking of doing these on back day. also, how many reps and sets? never done these before.

 

[Night Fly]

I do my full cleans and presses on shoulder/chest/tri day...that is how I have been doing it for the past 8 weeks anyway. I have noticed that not only did my clean weight go up...but also the other exercises that I was doing after the cleans.

My shoulders have gotten much stronger from doing it on that day. I always do my cleans first, and then I do my shoulders, then chest, then tris. I actually switched it up today and did cleans, then chest, then shoulders, then tris.

Don't know if that answered your question or not. I would start doing them, though...they are a wonderful exercise.

Oh..reps and sets...varies with me. Sometimes I do 2 sets of 3 at a light weight and then do singles if I am going for strength. Other times I will do sets of 3 with increasing weight.

 

[the People's Champ]

2 sets of 3? cool. I have done push presses, but that is the extent of my powerlifting exercises. I am trying to kick down with the compound exercises. I want strength more than size, and I seem to be plateauing with most of my workouts. I need a change of pace. so basically, it is done on a push day(shoulders, tris, chest)?

 

[Night Fly]

Yeah, that is the way B fold told me to do it. Also Jill Mills helped me out, too...she recommended that, also. I just did 2 sets of 3 to warm up and then I did singles after that. I would do more than 2 sets of 3 in your workout, though...maybe 4 or 5 at the max. Hope that helps you out!

 

[Arioch]

Keep the reps low. As in never more than five. Two to three would be better. If you need higher volume, do more sets. The rest periods can be kept rather short.

For more specifics:
http://boards.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=112181&highlight=Cleans

 

[the People's Champ]

awesome link mang.