Monday, February 7, 2011

Learn to Love Cleaning

Warmup: 5 min Jump Rope

Strength: Full Squat Clean 5x3

WOD: 6 Rounds for time of...

                              6 Hang Power Clean @ 80% of your last Full Squat Clean set
                              6 Jerks @ Same weight

Tabata: Box Jumps (24in)

If the squat is the most important lift for overall athletic development the Clean is right behind. For a tennis player, the kind of work and physical adaptation the clean provides is rivaled only by its sister lift - the snatch. Cleaning a barbell is an explosive total body movement that requires power, balance, coordination, and strength (sound like qualities you want to have on court?) So youtube some videos of weightlifters at the Olympics and think about the explosiveness, grip strength, and jumping ability you'll be improving when you do it yourself!

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