What's a good power clean number

[ffknight84]

People shoot for a 500 pound squat, a 300 pound bench, but whats a good, really good, and great power clean poundage???

 

[slobberknocker]

Isn't the record around 500 or so?

 

[Becoming]

I think if are going by the standard of a 500 squat, a 300 clean should be pretty easily accomplished at the minimum...

 

[slobberknocker]

My friend squats 765, but he can only clean like 285.

 

[Scotsman]

Squats and cleans have very little carry over for each other. I can squat over 500 but my best ever clean is like 275 and that was not a thing of beauty.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Becoming]

Just a guess really- I used to squat a lot more and NOT clean that much more, but thinking back now, I never realized how jacked up my technique was back then... realistically I think it takes a TON of practice to really get the most out of the lift....

I think CoolColJ also had a similar equation (500/300) if memory serves...

I saw a guy clean 440 (the most I have ever seen in person), he squatted in the 700's... I thought that was rediculous as it was about 100 lbs over my clean and our squats were similar at the time... the difference I think was technique...

 

[Becoming]

Scotsman-
I think you are right in a lot of ways on this one, there are a lot more factors which would make a difference than at first glance, a few-
How explosive is their squat? (time from bottom to top)
How good is their technique, how much experience?
How balanced are they, what is their core strength like?

I am sure there are quite a few more factors, but if everything else being equal (technique, explosiveness, etc-which I know is just a hypotetical) I would guess the guy with the bigger squat would clean more...

 

[Scotsman]

I knew a guy in college who was an oly lifter and could clean like 350 or so, but only could comp squat like 400. His technique was really great at cleans and not so good on squats, which explains the numbers.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Zoalord]

All of these ratios are arbitrary. Place importance upon them if you so desire but, at the end of the day, what you can do is what you can do.

 

[Scotsman]

Scotsman-
I think you are right in a lot of ways on this one, there are a lot more factors which would make a difference than at first glance, a few-
How explosive is their squat? (time from bottom to top)
How good is their technique, how much experience?
How balanced are they, what is their core strength like?

I am sure there are quite a few more factors, but if everything else being equal (technique, explosiveness, etc-which I know is just a hypotetical) I would guess the guy with the bigger squat would clean more...

Yes all things being equal I will agree with you 100%. Higher squat=higher core strength=bigger lifts.

You appear to think a lot like I do about training ideas, think I am going to enjoy having you around.

Cheers,
Scotsman