Group,
I have just finished my 7th session and was looking to gain some insight on whether I should start to add the power cleans now.
Just to give a quick background: I am 35, 5'10 311 lbs (down from 315 when I first began), and come from an office job with a fairly sedentary lifestyle up until finding Starting Strength.
My starting weights -- all in pounds -- were:
Squat: 145
Bench: 135
Press: 75
DL: 185
After initially adding 10 lbs to squat and DL, I lowered the squat to 5 each session to ensure a gradual progression. All lifts are now +5 each time with the exception of DL which is still +10 (and it doesn't seem to be slowing although the weight is definitely getting heavy).
Today's weights were:
Squat: 195
Bench: 155
DL: 245
My question is: Is now the appropriate time to add power cleans?
The only issue I have with adding them is I am not sure I can do them correctly and I work out at 3:30 am (it is either then, or never as I commute 1.5 hours each way to work and I have 4 kids and a wife). In the interim would it be wiser to just add the row with the intention of adding the cleans when I can get with a coach/training partner to establish a correct form for the clean?
Any input would be appreciated!