Improving your Bench......at any level

[Hard_Body]

Buster do you think progressing on power cleans will help aid in increasing bench?

[Khazima]

Buster do you think progressing on power cleans will help aid in increasing bench?

Power cleans are great for explosiveness, so indirectly yes.

[Buster Brown]

Buster do you think progressing on power cleans will help aid in increasing bench?

I think you are better off training bench specific exercises that will directly help your bench. Obv power cleans are a great exercise and it will help indirectly just as having a big back aids in stabilizing your bench.

[Hard_Body]

I have noticed significant improvements to my lats specifically after about a month specifically of doing power cleans, great for back development and shoulder explosiveness .

[Buster Brown]

Buster do you think progressing on power cleans will help aid in increasing bench?

To be honest I think you will be more productive doing bench specific exercises like the ones I listed. Power cleans are awesome but they r more indirect ...... But do count. A big back helps in your bench as it stabilizes you and helps you push off but I wouldn't consider it a direct connection to a bigger bench.

[Hard_Body]

Yeah to increase any lift you need to do it consistently on a weekly basis to truly master it, whenever i do an exercise i haven't done in awhile i usually don't start go get the feel for it until the last set. Sticking to a number of exercises performing them week in and week out is much more efficient.

[Buster Brown]

Yeah to increase any lift you need to do it consistently on a weekly basis to truly master it, whenever i do an exercise i haven't done in awhile i usually don't start go get the feel for it until the last set. Sticking to a number of exercises performing them week in and week out is much more efficient.

This is true and if you train in a 5x5 manner or similar and add weight week to week as a percentage of your 1 rep max you may hit a plateau before reaching your goal that is why guys will train with bands, chains, etc. to break that plateau and avoid adaptation.