Thread: Are cleans "all that"?

I've been reading. My core four are romanian deads, bench presses, squats and bent rows. I'll add some few compounds or simples every so often like overhead presses or calf raises.

I'm doing what y'all might consider "cutting", 5 reps, 3 or 4 sets of each, while I'm losing weight (slowly. But it's coming.)

Would it be worth it to incorporate cleans? Or replace one of those core exercises with cleans?

Originally Posted by Kathybird

I've been reading. My core four are romanian deads, bench presses, squats and bent rows. I'll add some few compounds or simples every so often like overhead presses or calf raises.

I'm doing what y'all might consider "cutting", 5 reps, 3 or 4 sets of each, while I'm losing weight (slowly. But it's coming.)

Would it be worth it to incorporate cleans? Or replace one of those core exercises with cleans?

kenny provided some good information, but I don't know if I'd replace anything with cleans, why not just add it? I get that you have limited energy, but what you pull on cleans will be hundreds of pounds less then what you dead lift, also, most people don't perform cleans optimally. If you're not catching the bar down in the full front squat, you're not getting the most from the core activation and replacing the deads with a less then optimal cleans form won't serve you well.

Being that you're cutting and cleans are a velocity based movement, it would serve your cause well, because high velocity movements burn more calories and have a very beneficial effect on the metabolism.