Which has more carry over to the throws?

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    Which has more carry over to the throws, power cleans or power snatches?  Once the weight gets heavy enough I switch to the split style for both.  Does anybody do just one and not the other?  I don't do both in the same workout, usually a couple of days apart.

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norkasd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Steroid-Free since 1985. Joined: 1/09/11 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 49	Post Options Post Reply Quote norkasd Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Which has more carry over to the throws? Posted: 7/02/12 at 5:51am
	Which has more carry over to the throws, power cleans or power snatches? Once the weight gets heavy enough I switch to the split style for both. Does anybody do just one and not the other? I don't do both in the same workout, usually a couple of days apart.

matt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie World Champ - '99 -'03 Joined: 9/06/04 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 109	Post Options Post Reply Quote matt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 7/02/12 at 8:23am
	For me i only did snatch pulls,cleans are just to messy

Borges Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postaholic The Conrad Dobler of the Highland Games Joined: 8/30/04 Location: Jamaica Status: Offline Points: 2188	Post Options Post Reply Quote Borges Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 7/02/12 at 9:15am
	The empirical data confirms Matt's observation. I did a statistical study of it some years back and the power snatch (or snatch high pull) had the highest correlation by a strong margin.
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Pingleton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postaholic Highland Games' virtually straight legs Joined: 11/28/06 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 2747	Post Options Post Reply Quote Pingleton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 7/02/12 at 9:40pm
	I like power cleans or more often hang cleans with a very high catch, and hang or hip snatches with various grips to either a high catch or a split. I have never even tried a split clean, and I personally do not find cleans "too messy" as long as they are caught high and solid. However, I refuse to split my feet or go into a half squat to catch cleans or snatches anymore. While I don't think there is anything wrong with either clean pulls or snatch pulls if you do them properly, I personally prefer to finish the lifts, as I perform them better that way. Both lifts have their place, but if I had to choose only one for some reason, it would definitely be the hang snatch.
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