What's your bench to jerk ratio?

[Virus4762]

I know, as olympic lifters, most people here probably don't bench that often but off the top of your head would you say that you could bench more or jerk more? What's the ratio? Am just really curious because I want to be able to better measure my progress. Thanks.

[olyw8lifter]

Jerk more. And most Olympic lifters will be able to also. There is no correlation of bench to jerk, either, so increasing your bench will NOT have an appreciable increase in jerk. Usually benching will tighten up your shoulders too much.

On the jerk, you should be primarily using your hips and legs to drive the bar overhead instead of using the chest/shoulders to a large extent.

[mike9998]

Im new to oly lifting but my 1 rep max is around the 300 mark for bench and my jerk is 215

[Thor56]

Newcomers bench will usually be much higher than their jerk for awhile especially if you benched for a long time before finding oly. Currently I bench 335 and only jerk 295, but have only been in oly for little over a month and have 4-5years benching. If you look at world records however if your world class in both the bench would be more than the jerk. Seeing as no one has clean and jerked over 600 and the bench press record iirm is 722.

[grouchyjarhead]

Mine are equal right now (85kg) but I'm coming back after a long layoff. At my best my jerk was 20kg over my best bench.

[FNG37]

Newcomers bench will usually be much higher than their jerk for awhile especially if you benched for a long time before finding oly. Currently I bench 335 and only jerk 295, but have only been in oly for little over a month and have 4-5years benching. If you look at world records however if your world class in both the bench would be more than the jerk. Seeing as no one has clean and jerked over 600 and the bench press record iirm is 722.

But watching heavy jerks is so much cooler doe

[warnout]

120kg jerk 125kg bench,

[WorldDomnit]

Did clean and jerk yesterday for the first time in probably 2 years. Hit 205 but the jerk was more of a push press since I didn't have my arms locked out when my feet hit the floor.

Going for 375-385 on bench saturday

[Smolovicus]

best power jerk is like 250, but I had at least 265-275 in the tank. just couldn't clean them.

however my best bench is 100lbs over that, and I've push pressed 230lbs for reps.

it's really more of a skill than a show of absolute strength.

[gahptramsenoru]

i never really split jerk because my power jerk is as strong or stronger than my clean, but i can power jerk 110kg and bench about 100kg after not lifting for about a year and a half so thats my natural ratio without training so to speak