How much did you guys power clean when you first started + at what age?

[maSSive!]

i started doing power cleans @ the beginning of this year
started working on form with 10k on each side lol now im on 180lb

[sirwazzles]

i started doing power cleans @ the beginning of this year
started working on form with 10k on each side lol now im on 180lb

I started like 2 years ago, when I was 14, with about 135. But I was learning form at the same time too. So it wasn't my one rep max.

[Kramer25]

I started about a year and a half ago doing 40 kilos, now I clean and jerk 102.5 (PR'd on Sunday)

[sirwazzles]

now I clean and jerk 102.5 (PR'd on Sunday)

Good lift.

[hvit]

I think I did 95 the first couple times for like 10 reps (dumb football coach), my PR for Power Cleans now is 240, and full cleans 255.

[rogan181]

i started them in january 2007, i was 16, weighed around 140 and started with 25lb plates per side, once i got the form down i jumped over 35lb to 45lb plates in maybe two weeks...around march i did 185...got huurt and stopped for a while after that...it remains my best

[Disenfranchised]

I was 14 a freshman in HS and by the end of my freshman year I did 200lbs.

[shotkong]

Started senior year HS.. soo.. i was 17, and I was just barely able to get 135 lbs

[DtotheJtotheH]

Jr. year in highschool for track. So 16 years old. I started at 95 and worked all year trying to get plates. Never happened untill sr. year. Football coach dind't teach it too well. He wanted a lot more pulling/bending w the arms. Oh well. I worked on my form and got my PR up to 205 lbs on a full clean.

[Cheetah]

Started at 15, they use to scare me to be honest. We used rubber weight and everything looked so big. Started at 135 I think....with help. I also use to bounce and it use to hurt my wrist. Now I can't bounce it and not hurt myself, but I choose not to.

[dirtpool]

I took a weight lifting class at 15 but skipped most of the time

I weighed like 165lbs and was cleaning 185

[Lager1]

I did 185. I posted the video on youtube and people chewed me up for my ****ty form. I can't find the video, it must have been deleted. I think I was 18, maybe 17.

[ehlpitel]

I started this summer and and managed 165 @ 172 BW and took a break b/c of working a lot and drinking too much.

I managed a full clean from the floor into a full ATG front squat the other day with 155.

Going to start training at an olympic gym this week so hopefully my numbers and my form will get better.

[sirwazzles]

I started like 2 years ago, when I was 14, with about 135. But I was learning form at the same time too. So it wasn't my one rep max.

Forgot to mention where I am now.


After a little while of working on form and stuff, by the end of my freshman year of high school I powercleaned 225. Then I started to do regular squats with my feet farther apart and that messed up my form for everything that involved a close-footed squat afterwards. So it didn't go up for awhile. But now I could probably do like 250-275 or something like that. I did 225x6 like 7 months ago, but now I'm a lot stronger. Just haven't done it since.

[Reed Viper]

Sophmore year in highschool, 15 or so, first ever max was 155, Now a freshmen in college and my last pr was 275 lbs.

[throwitup]

Beggining of the year I started 125 lbs. Now Im doing a max at 175 with a press too. I am and was 18. wow thats some good progress now I think about it. Sh*t!

[Bodysteele]

Alot of explanations here to a simple question.

170-80lbs. I was 15 years old.

FYI, I added 25lbs pretty much every offseason (football) till I got 275-85lbs as a 19-20 yr old.

[Quarter Nelson]

Started out weighing 120 and cleaning 95 lbs. Four months later I weighed 130 and was cleaning 165 lbs.

[jaketheburnout]

first workout i worked with the bar and 95 pounds, actually started doing hang powercleans at first, within a couple workouts i got up to 155, but i usually practiced with lighter weights for work sets when i first started. i was 18 i think.

[vee8]

Started doing cleans probably about 2 years ago, can't remember exactly what I started with (pretty light though, trying to learn the form). I don't know, 60-70kg maybe. Personal best now is 115kg for 4 reps.

[laxxxer]

130lbs x 10 at 15... i did hand cleans tho.
dont no if that is harder or easier

[jacebr55]

I am 13 and power clean 155

[FNG37]

I am 13 and power clean 155

Just think, you were 8 years old the last time someone responded to this thread.

[olyw8lifter]

Just think, you were 8 years old the last time someone responded to this thread.

Fail at math. Would have been 5 yrs old.

[FNG37]

Fail at math. Would have been 5 yrs old.

I can't believe 2007 was 9 years ago.

Wish I had started lifting back then.

[callan91]

I cant believe this thread lol, I tried it for the first time in my life last night and worked my way up too 180lbs, started getting dark though when I did the heavy one so I left it at that before I hurt myself lol

[brahskimoseph]

strong bump but this is the oly section, but yeah like 135 when I was 13 or 14.

[conciouslifter]

didn't see this thread I just made a video about powercleans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WydLf4dOg2Y.

to be honest I hate powercleans, my coaches never programmed them anyway. If you have long legs it feels really awkward shooting your knees so far back and waiting on the bar. Atleast that's me. I think I could PC like 85 ish/90 kg's. @ 69 it's not so bad.

[thecoolyankee]

started three months ago and once I got the form down I got up to 200 lb clean and jerk as a freshman

[henrikstridsman]

I started yesterday, I'm 24, I did 220 lbs / 100 kgs.