[anthony]

anthony on January 2, 2007 at 1:43 am #12596

Do back squats benefits Powercleans? Is there a point of diminishing returns, where actually increase your back squat provide no benefits to the powercleans?

Could someone possibly make progress with their Powercleans (not squat cleans, where squat recovery is a big part) without actually doing any squats (or heavy deadlifts). Just a periodized plan with powercleans etc.

[utfootball4]

utfootball4 on January 2, 2007 at 1:49 am #61530

Do back squats benefits Powercleans? Is there a point of diminishing returns, where actually increase your back squat provide no benefits to the powercleans?

Could someone possibly make progress with their Powercleans (not squat cleans, where squat recovery is a big part) without actually doing any squats (or heavy deadlifts). Just a periodized plan with powercleans etc.

yes bsq helps your pc.  i have had my best gains in the pc when doing back squats, front squats, and heavy clean pulls.  i dont think your gains would be much if you just powerclean, maybe if you pc and heavy clean pull you would have a greater chance.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on January 2, 2007 at 2:16 am #61531

Strength is prerequisite to most of the Olympic lifts. I'm only aware of one good OLer who didn't have a monster squat.

On rare occassions when I haven't been able to OL I've actually maintain OL strength just by heavy squatting. Sprint-plyo work can also maintain overall strength levels.

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