EP 163 - Best Exercises for Athleticism, KB Program, Biceps, Home GYM, Jerk Benefits
The Dan John Podcast
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The Value of the Clean
The clean is one of those exercises. When I get an adolescent boy to clean over 295 kilos, you can see on the field to play there are different athletes. One year I had 62 boys clean 205, which is 95 kilos for our football team. For a while there in my coaching career, when in doubt more cleans, I just think it's an amazing exercise. Jerks, your mileage may vary, but they have a video of me jerking 175 kilos, which is 385 for a set of five. The snatch and the clean and jerk are the far right on my movement matrix, which means that they encompass every other exercise that I coach and teach.
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