deadlifts for power cleans

[hamworld05]

I don't get it. How does the deadlift increase the power clean?

[Marotta]

Say you can pull 2x slowly, and y fast enough to clean it

Would pulling 4x slowly not mean that you can pull y even faster than before and pull some arbitrary amount + y at the same speed you could previously pull y?

[hamburgerfan]

If you can deadlift 400, then 200 will be lighter to you, letting you lift it much faster and more explosively.

[hamworld05]

If you can deadlift 400, then 200 will be lighter to you, letting you lift it much faster and more explosively.

Oh that makes sense. Thanks. It's like a chain reaction, you get stronger on the deadlift, power clean increases and if you get stronger on the power clean, the deadlift gets increased.

[mstrofbass]

"Why would getting stronger in one movement carry over to a similar movement? DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!!!!"

Fuck.

[hamworld05]

"Why would getting stronger in one movement carry over to a similar movement? DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!!!!"

Fuck.

I don't have the SS book. I'm ignorant...

[thefinalsql]

Big increases in squats and dead lifts make all your other lifts go up.

[hamworld05]

Big increases in squats and dead lifts make all your other lifts go up.

Oh okay.

[skipbeat]

I don't see how increasing your squat and deadlift will make your bench and press go up.. I mean, there's quite a few examples of people on SS with exceptional squats and deads, but poor benches. Pressing is otherwise unheard of outside the program, so even light loads is impressive lol - to outsiders anyway.

[Tamara Reynolds]

I am so glad that I was already drinking before I read this thread.