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    Quick background:
    24 years old
    5' 10'' 205 lbs
    Tiny legs, long torso

    Recent PRs
    Squat 400 lbs
    Deadlift (sumo) 445 lbs
    Press 195 lbs
    Bench 285 lbs
    Power clean 255, Clean 275

    Began TM two weeks ago with the following setup:
    Mon 5x5 on squat and a press variation
    3 x 15 chins or pullups (will start weighting them soon)
    Tues Power Cleans (using 7 sets of 2 reps after hitting a wall with 3 rep sets)
    WedFront squat 3x3 and recovery press
    Thurs rest
    Fri 5 reps maxes of Squat and Press variation, 3 rep max on deadlift

    During my novice progression I usually cleaned from the hang (better at it due to the fact that during my time playing football in college our S&C coach had us do everything from the hang) and pulled sumo as it felt more natural.

    Going back to conventional deads and pulling cleans from the ground, do you think the power cleans will help push my deads up, or should I look into switching to RDLs for awhile? After writing this feel like the answer is, see if they do, and if they dont, switch, but I guess I will let the question stand to see what you think.

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    You can warm your deadlifts up with cleans, then do RDLs where you would do Cleans.

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