Should i start power cleaning?

[JJinSS]

i have never power cleaned before
and the FAQ here says to not power clean
and the SS book says i can sub with 3 sets of body weight pulls till failure. and 3x10 back extensions.

but people seem to emphasize the power clean sooo much

but i am wondering if i should start them, my goal is to get big. not get explosive for the NFL.

if they workout the traps so good i can still do a BB. shrug and i still have the deadlift in SS.

okay i won't say im doing ss. but im adding **** to it. only 3 things so far tho. incline. weighted dips and curls.

and im really wondering if i should be power cleaning. i don't see anybody power cleaning anymore. . . unless there on a football team.

[chazzy1864]

Do power clean if you want or abandon it.

I have never figured out why the clean and the row are the interchangeable exercises in SS when power cleans are a leg/hip exercise and rows are a back exercise.

I personally don't have any use for the exercise. I marvel when I see someone doing a good/correct full or power clean in the gym, but you won't see me doing it.

Most of the SS zealots on here advocate it, because it is more hardcore to do a clean than a bent over row and since newbies to lifting jsut starting out on SS are the most bad ass person you can ever come across, it makes sense they choose it.

[redatomsk]

I do them because they are more enjoyable than barbell rows, for me atleast

[matjusm]

I don't see how cleans and bent over rows or chins can be referred to as substitutes for each other as they work quite different muscles.

I'd personally say go for power cleans. They're a fun full body movement that can help you increase some of your athletic abilities (though they aren't an end all magic potion solution). They do take some while to learn though.

[JJinSS]

sorry forget i said barbell rows

i go with the wide grip pull up 3 sets till failure if can do more than 15 reps i use weights

Also i know the power clean is a multi joint exercersice that does everything. People seem to say mostly traps, hips, hams. But as above poster said i am not looking for athletic ability. i just want to get bigger.

but seems like the answers so far are. "fun" " do it if you want" and "just my 2 cent"

guess ill go with the SS routine with the pull ups than

if i feel like my traps aren't getting worked enough i can always do rack pulls or bb shurgs. . .

and as for my hips they get worked in DL and Squat??? and hammies in the DL i can feel those mofos getting ripped.

[JJinSS]

i mean everybody adds **** in anywayas. . .

a lot of ppl probably do 3x5 DB bicep curls

and a lot of ppl do skull crushers 3x5 or weighted dips 3x failure

and a lot of ppl probably calf press and do the ab crunch machine.

and if those go up as well with my basic SS, whats the problem??

[JJinSS]

. . okay well i do those. . .

but my other compound lifts have been increasing.

bench 3x5 175 used to be 135
squat 3x5 215 used to be 185 ( all ATG )
dl 1x5 265 used to be 185
mil press 3x5 115 used to be 85

oh n i add in incline. . . 3x5 145 now. used to be 125

dips used to be only body weight ( 174 ) 3xfailure ( 8, 6, 4 )
now i do dips + 25 lb plate ( 8, 6, 5 )

curl 40's used to be 20's