what % to work at with olympic lifts

[thriller]

what percentage of your one rep max should you use when doing cleans and the sort? is it the same as normal lifting?

 

[endpoint]

you could work with anything from 1% to 100%........what are your goals?

 

[coolcolj]

70-85% usually.

80% would be a good figure, depends though.

 

[collegiateLifter]

no its not the same, as OLs are highly technical lifts. If you are doing the lifts from the ground (thus both pulls) then 80% and up.

the late Mel Siff wrote an article called "Load and Learning Technique" at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/message/28082

 

[endpoint]

Also i would be concerned about your knowledge of the lifts. If you are using weights above 70% but dont know what you are doing....then thats a problem waiting to happen.

Your goals are needed before any percentages can be prescribed.

Not every one will need to work that high....and some will need to work higher.

also as collegiateLifter sugested the type of lift will also determine the percentage.

also some form of periodisation will be needed.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Hows that olymp[ic program coming along man?

The general rule is as CoolColJ states, round' 80%.

 

[thriller]

Hows that olymp[ic program coming along man?

The general rule is as CoolColJ states, round' 80%.

i think its going good! i just need to do some more
ok thanjks for the advice guys