Converting maxes to different exercises

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        • Participant
          Todd Lane on September 12, 2005 at 9:55 pm #11256

          Thoughts on this…

          Weight room tests of cleans, bench, and back squat…

          Percentage of those lifts that can be used to convert to other types of similar lifts.

          Snatch (I've used around 70%)
          Deep squats ??
          Split Squats (I've used around 65%)
          Front Squats
          Incline (I've used around 70-75%)

          Looking to see thoughts or suggestions without having to run a battery of tests for each.

        • Participant
          dma1973 on September 13, 2005 at 2:35 pm #48498

          Some of my conversions where

          Snatch – 80% (I can remember a study on the ratio of snatch to clean in Olympic Lifters and this was arounf 78%)

          Front Squat around 75% of Back Squat

          Incl Bench around 80% of Bench Press
          Shoulder Press around 80% of Incl.

          The last 3 are estimates.  But the snatch is right.

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on September 14, 2005 at 9:15 pm #48499

          If one is technically proficient and equally trained:
          *snatch should be between 80-85% of the clean
          *front squats should be about 80% of back squat
          *split squats should be around 70% of back squat

          ELITETRACK Founder

        • Participant
          utfootball4 on July 18, 2006 at 11:55 am #48500

          power jerk spilt jerk snatch 70% of clean

          fsq 70% of bsq

          incline 80% of bp

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