Each PAC 10 Coach and THeir Power Clean Philospophy

” PAC 10 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELY - STRENGTH COACH ERIC HOHN: | love the Power Clean.

It’s the #1 exercise.

Hohn is an ex-thrower) In the off-season we'll train twice per week through variations like the Hang Pull or Snatches. the season we'll only do some Hang Cleans. We do the Power Clean because it simulates what athletes do on the field.

It’s for the athleticism of movement. To me, it simulates blocking and tackling movements to a certain extent. To help athletes with tight wrists, we will stretch them in a catch position from the rack to loosen their wrists. There are no problems with the Power Clean as being a dangerous lift if it is done with proper technique. echnique.

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During the season we will follow the same routine, we will also Clean off the blocks.

We do max out. have 15 players cleaning over 300 pounds. The most we've had in any one year has been 18 athletes. pounds. The Clean is my favorite thing. As for being able to transfer explosiveness, our kids feel their power has improved on the field. They have also noted improvement in jumping and with their starts. Anyway, that’s what they tell me. They feel they are more explosive but then I've always believed that.

Coach Jim Radcliffe WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY - STRENGTH COACH ERIC FEARS: The Power Clean is a good lift to do. of our top three lifts. actions of football.

I like it because it closely relates to the body to the lower body and vice versa. we have two Power Clean workouts: one with the full Power Clean and the other doing a Hang Clean or other variations. In-season we Power Clean 2X per week with our non-travel squad and once per week with the travel squad. As for being dangerous, it can be but, if you master the technique, it's safe. You can minimize the chance for injury. Any exercise can result in injury but your technique is key in injury prevention.

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COACH RICK HUEGLI: The Power Clean is one of our top We consider it a speed opportunity. We Power Clean also Snatch once per week which can be a warm-up ty.

In-season we Hang Clean twice per week. The Power Clean is a complete exercise for place. type exercise. To us, it's just another speed opportuniexplosiveness in the hips and legs.

Any exercise that will help you run faster and develop the snap of the hips. the lower body is transferable, especially with Everything we do in the weight room is an effort go for maxes and have 15 plus athletes that can do 300 plus pounds. to make us better athletes.

Power Cleaned 347 Pounds With a Split Style Technique Coach Rick Huegli ARIZONA STATE - STRENGTH COACH TIM McCLELLAN: The Power Clean, if done proper ly, can be the best lift but if done poorly, it can be the worst lift. sometimes 4X per week with a power movem We Power Clean twice per week in the off-season ent lift (I personally really like clean grip snatche s).

Power Clean for explosion. It’s the #1 exercise you can do, if it is done properly. During our in-season, we do high pt ulls from blocks. This makes it easier on our players. this because our practices are extremel ly physica travel players clean in-season. for our record board. l and we're on the verge of overtraining.

As for g oing for a one rep max, we'll do it with our COACH ROB OVIATT: We endorse the Power Clean heavily. It is a lift that combines speed and strength. speed is of no use to performance.

Power Cleans, High Pulls, Clean Pulls from boxes, Clean and Jerks and Snatches. into the Olympic movements. During the off-season we do some kind of pulling movement 4X per week. We don't feel 2X per week is enough. We lift light on some days but we always want to stress technique.

During the season we will do High Pulls with our travel squad but with our non-travel squad we will train 2X per week with the full Photo: movement.

Senior Linebacker Cory Huot, With A 300 Pound Clean!

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA - STRENGTH COACH DAN WIRTH: The Power Clean is an excellent exercise for overall body explosiveness.

I believe it to be an extremely developmental exercise. Our players learn coordination and their flexibility is improved. The Power Clean is our #1 exercise. As far as a transfer taking place from the weight room to the playing field, it does, definitely! We max out during the summer and have 11 guys going over 300 pounds on the Clean and one player at 400 pounds. That's Mike Ciasca. in Olympic Lifting since the 7th grade. Some readers may be wondering about Meg Ritchie who was Arizona's strength coach.

Well, she is now at Texas Tech and when asked if the Power Clean was dangerous, she replied with an irritated tone,”"Greg, there are no dangerous lifts in the weight room, only dangerous coaches and you can quote me on that.” ae 1993 Outland Trophy Winner Rob Waldrop Cleaning with Perfect Form 55 Coach Phil Fyre U.C.L.A. - STRENGTH COACH OG Jeff Buckey Doing 5 x 5 with 264 lbs.! the correct form. the Hang Clean. in proper position. effect and control of the body. advanced athletes.

We don’t push the Power Clean. The Clean Pull is our big lift. our #1 core lift. With beginners we sometimes experience some strains or sore power is certainly possible. are no problems. light once per week.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - STRENGTH COACH JAMES STROM: We Power Clean twice per week in the off-season. lifts that we do.

Power Clean will develop total body explosiveness way to work the hips. We don’t have problems with injuries because of the Power Clean. We emphasize technique by working with lighter weights. This also creates a faster bar speed which is important.

We will max out occasionally and have ten players who Power Cleaning 300 or better. We don't Power Clean during the season.

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From BFS Magazine — Summer 1994. Part of the BFS Magazine Archive (1980–2014).