Where Do Clean and Presses Fit In?

Training 5/3/1
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I’m thinking of adding clean and presses from the hang to my current program and was wondering where they would best fit. My current program is:
Saturday- 531 press, 5x10 push ups
Sunday- 531 deadlift, 5x10 Zercher squat
Tuesday- 531 bench press, 5x10 btn press
Wednesday- 531 squat, 5x10 Dorian deadlift

There’s some other assistance work mixed in for biceps, triceps and traps as well.

Thanks in advance for any replies!

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You should probably ask Jim Wendler in his forum since it looks like you are doing 531. I think he generally likes it as a “warm up” for the deadlift or even the squat.

He has plenty of templates with that move in (531 beach body for a single example)

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If it’s from the hang, then it would be better placed on the overhead press day.

Yes a power clean can be used as an activation prior to deadlifting, but a hang power clean is a little less effective at that, and there is the press part. If you just did overhead press saturday, doing clean & press sunday isn’t a great idea.Although in an ideal world, if you put the hang clean and press on Saturday you would train the squat on Sunday and put the deadift on Wednesday.