Hi Jordan
Thanks for all the great content you guys put out for free!
Wondering what’s your take on doing clean pulls or clean-style deadlifts for building pulling strength instead of doing regular deadlifts if your bias is towards oly-lifts?
Do do you think that regular deadlifts should be included in oly-programming?
My major concern in doing regular DLs is messing up the bar-path in first pull. Any thoughts?
Herc,
I think clean pulls have their place in Olympic lifting focused programming. I think most deadlifts should be performed similar to cleans for more trained lifters, e.g. in WL shoes, hook gripped, conventional, etc.
For untrained lifters or CrossFitters, I would not necessitate these concessions.
It is highly unlikely that doing a “regular” deadlift is messing up the bar path in the first pull or even that the bar path in the first pull is the limiting factor in your Olympic lifts.
-Jordan
Thanks for your reply. In other words you would recommend keeping regular deadlifts in the program for average gym goers/crossfitters until they are advanced Weightlifters?
I just don’t think it matters enough to have a firm preference unless there is specific context, e.g. competitive weightlifter.