>"you shouldn't do power cleans, explosion lifts are useless for hypertrophy and strength"
>does pendlay rows
Pro-tip: Majority of people on /fit/ are beginners and have no idea what they're talking about.
>>34872133
Coolest story ever today bro.
>>34872133
>You need an Olympic coach to learn to do power cleans correctly.
>Majority of people on /fit/ are beginners and have no idea what they're talking about.
errr what? i thought the average /fit/izen was 6'3" 240 lbs dry, makes a minimum $25k/mo, part time doctor part time lawyer, can do 1/2/3/4 self-employed investor with a 9 inch cock, perfect hairline, perfect jawline, 9/10 high test gf?
have i been deceived?
>>34872234
Yes, you have
No one on /fit/ has a girlfriend
all jokes aside, can someone explain what the deal is with power cleans? i have been doing them instead of pen rows lately and my traps feel the burn
>>34872275
>i have been doing them instead of pen rows lately and my traps feel the burn
>instead
>>34872234
Only about the gf part.
>/fit
>gf
>>34872275
The thing is, people substitute the power clean for rows, but they are completely different exercises.
SS doesn't have PC instead of rows, it has CHINUPS instead of rows (which are arguably a better back exercise).
You can still do rows with SS, you just substitute the chinups for them. Changing the PC to rows is like changing the squats for incline bench press.
A: Squat Press DL
B: Squat Bench PC Chinups/rows
Now, people say PC is useless if you're training for strength or aesthetics, but that's complete nonsense. PC trains your legs and posterior chain really well, not to mention it's the best exercise for the traps besides the barbell shrug (which is a variation of the power clean). PC is like doing lighter DLs, but with the bonus of training your power at the same time and extra traps development.
Besides all that, it also gives you a very important skill: the ability to get the bar from the floor to your chest. DLs can take the bar from the floor to your hips, and the press can take the bar from your chest to overhead - but without the clean, you're helpless if the bar is on the floor and you need it higher than the deadlift.
Two major examples of the usefulness of that:
Being able to do the Press without needing a rack.
Being able to do Incline Bench without a spotter and without having to take the plates off and put them back again everytime you do a roll of shame.
Besides, I really don't get why people are so afraid of trying PCs. It's not even hard to learn.
>>34872234
>fit
>gf
>implying not everyone here is gay
>>34872492
I'm a basketballer so I live and die by the PC. It has always been my favorite lift.
>Dat extreme power output that gets your heart thumping out of your chest.
>Sweating like Patrick Ewing.
>Dem exploding knees.
>Visions of massive dunks everywhere.
>>34872871
Do power cleans help your vertical? I saw that candito video of him slamming it and he said to get your squat up.
>>34872492
Please stop posting irrelevant anime
>>34872897
Power cleans train your power output, specially from the legs/hips, so yes.
>>34872234
youre thinking of 10k/day miscers my man
... is there something wrong with 5x5 Pendlay rows OP?
>>34874023
There's nothing wrong with doing pendlay rows.
What is wrong is assuming power cleans don't give you strength or hypertrophy because it's an explosion lift - while pendlay row is also an explosion lift.
However, rows do not substitute the power cleans. They are a back exercise, the power cleans are a legs/hips and traps exercise. You can row with SS, but you substitute the chinups, not the power cleans - as mentioned here >>34872492
But if you're doing 5x5 it doesn't matter. This is only for those doing the better program aka SS.
>>34872234
>9/10 high test gf
>9/10
>high test
>gf
pick one.
Power cleans are 4chan.
Rows are reddit.
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