power clean: 215lbs
deadlift: 385 lbs
but then again, ive only been deadlifting a year and a half, and power cleaning for 3 years (football), so that probably skews the numbers a bit
From the book starting strength by Mark Rippetoe:
The power clean can be thought of as being done with a percentage of the deadlift. A very strong powerlifter can deadlift two to three times his powerclean. (If he trains the clean at all. In the early days of powerlifting, most competitors had weightlifting experience or were coached by people who did.) So his power clean might be 40% of his deadlift. But a very powerful Olympic weightlifter might power clean 75% of his deadlift. This is a direct result of training specificity: the powerlifter is good at pulling big weights slowly; and the weightlifter is good at pulling moderate weights faster, and thus higher. But it could be
that the weightlifter has not trained with sufficiently heavy weights to develop his deadlifting
strength. Or it could be that the powerlifter has neglected to develop his power off the floor
(sorry for the awkward sentence, due to the bad choice of name for the sport â?? it should be
“strengthlifting,” but I predict that my suggestion will not be adopted soon).
What’s everyone’s take on the “Power Clean and Push Press”? I’ve been using it as a main pressing movement for sometime and have found my weights in other pressing movements have gone up accordingly. Mind you, I’m not breaking any TNation records.