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Those of you that have been reading and downloading the Resident Athlete Training Programs from the www.takanoathletics.com downloads section may be wondering about the percentages for power snatches and power cleans because they are never less than 80%, but that is probably too heavy to manage if it is 80% of 1RM of a classic snatch or classic clean.

To set things straight, a well trained athlete at the level that should be using these training programs has a 100% power snatch that is within the 80 to 85% of a full, classic snatch.  The same should be true of the relationship between a power clean and a full clean.

Let’s say for instance that your power snatch is 80% of your full snatch.  Then 80% of your power snatch should be 80% x 80% of your full snatch.  That works out to 64% of your full snatch.  Thus when the program calls for 80% of your power snatch, it is actually using 64% or a little more of your full snatch.

If we look back to the studies on which each of the percentage ranges affect training results, we find that a certain percentage of 60–69% (of the full lift) weights will significantly affect the speed of the full during the performance of the lifts in a competition at the end of the cycle.

Instead of performing 60% of the full snatch in the full snatch movement, the 60% ranges are achieved by employing 80% lifts of power snatches.  The same mathematical ranges apply to power cleans and full cleans.  When planning your training you can either employ a 100% of your power snatch determined empirically, or you can pick a figure that is within the 80 to 85% range of your full snatch.  If your power snatch is too high, or too low you may want to analyze your training and technique to see why you are outside of the classically determined ranges.

If you were to peruse some training programs, the 60% range is achieved by performing classic movements in the 60% range.  This is not the case with these programs and apparently not with Bulgarian training since they have employed the power snatch and power clean to achieve the work in the 60 and 70% ranges.

Before you begin a new training program it is always best to investigate the notation protocol to make sure that you are performing the training at the proper intensity levels.

By the way, week 20 of the Resident Athlete Training is posted in the downloads section.

Good luck with your training!