They call the Clean and Jerk the “King of Lifts.” Why? Because it’s the most efficient way to put the most weight overhead at once? Because you need to be strong, fast, flexible and more to accomplish this task? Because it requires strong legs, pullers and pushers to accomplish this task? Yes, yes and yes. It’s been awhile, but we test the clean and jerk max on Wednesday. Some thoughts. We are going to give you 30 minutes to make the lift. Thats a lot of time. Take a good number of lighter lifts. Have a plan – I would say if you are expecting to hit 225, I would plan on 95, 115, 135, 155, 165, 175, 185, 195, 205, 215 and finally 225. That’s 11 lifts, of which 5 are pretty heavy. If you think you are going to squat clean and split jerk (probably the most efficient...
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