Please Help, Programming Jerks Into SS Advances Novice

[OZ-USF-UFGator]

I started learning jerks today. It was my Squat, Press, Dead day. After press, I added 3 sets of 100 X 3 jerks, from the clean position, taken from the rack. It felt awesome, much more natural than the pulling.

Question : how / when / how often should I do these. I don't want to hit them so hard, they derail me, but I want to become proficient on them. Should I do them as full clean / jerks on power clean days. or keep them separate? When I hit full intermediate, for which I am very close, I want to develop a program of power first, strength second.

Thanks in advance!

[Steve Hill]

What schedule are you currently using, and what are your current working weights?

When I hit full intermediate, for which I am very close, I want to develop a program of power first, strength second.

What makes you think that the two are separable, or that power will develop (and continue to do so) without a primary strength focus?

[OZ-USF-UFGator]

Currently,
41 Years old, 5-10, 190 pounds
5 Reps:
Squat = 245
Bench = 205
OHP = 140
dead - Deloaded from 335 to 225 by sets of 10 - 12 due t a pulled hammy
Cleans - 135
Chinups - 12 on 1st set with thick bar
Dips - 15 body-weight, 10 with 45 pounds

[OZ-USF-UFGator]

I know power is derived from strength, but I want to start to shift my focus to increasing power to strength ratio while an intermediate. I know I must continue getting stronger, but I want to, at frst, address this ratio.

As for Jerks, I am not sure why they are not considered as important as cleans in the SS world, I'm sure there is a reason. but to me, I want to build explosiveness in both the pull and the push direction. I toyed around with split jerks last week and to my surprise, 145 went up fairly easy for a set of 5. The jerk felt waaaaay more natural and easier to me than the clean. They were just downright a blast to do, too. I am guessing it is a less technical move, or maybe because I'm not intimidated to have heavy weight over my head because my shoulders are one of my stronger assets.

Either way, I am now doing SS advanced novice including chins and dips 2X a week and a few sets of assistance in the 10 rep range once or twice a week.

How can I program jerks at this point. If, for no other reason, I think I could fall in love with this move!