Snatch/Clean frequency

hurlsey

Is snatching once per week and cleaning once per week enough??
Last lifts were 47.5kgx2x4/50kgx3 snatch and 75kgx2x4/77.5kgx3 clean

next weeks lifts will be
50kgx2x4/52.5kgx3 Snatch
77.5kgx2x4/80kgx3 Clean

Bw 94kg, so obviously these lifts are very low!!

dylbert

Depends what your goals are, If your already following another strength program or do other sports than once a week is fine, If you want to focus on Olympic lifting alone then you would need to be training at least 4 or 5 times a week.

Scuba Ste

Enough for what?

Once a week isn't enough unless you just want to do them for the craic. If you want to improve technically, 2-3 times minimum. Even just bar work as a warm up 2-3 times a week would make a big difference.

3 times a week is enough for someone starting out. You don't need to train 4-5 times a week it just offers the chance to get more quality sessions on each lift which isn't a priority for a beginner.

hurlsey

Goals are
BW Snatch
1.5BW Clean

I don't want to do them just for the craic, I want to get technically proficient and stronger at both the lifts!!

GerSmith

hurlsey wrote: »

I want to get technically proficient and stronger at both the lifts!!

You should get some coaching on them by a certified coach and then get them to do a plan for you. It would be better than spending time figuring out what's best when the expertise exists in people who are certified to do it.

Hanley

GerSmith wrote: »

You should get some coaching on them by a certified coach and then get them to do a plan for you. It would be better than spending time figuring out what's best when the expertise exists in people who are certified to do it.

This.

They're big goals.

Scuba Ste

hurlsey wrote: »

Goals are
BW Snatch
1.5BW Clean

I don't want to do them just for the craic, I want to get technically proficient and stronger at both the lifts!!

Then yeah, 3 times a week minimum. It usually takes a year plus to snatch bodyweight. You would do well to get some coaching too if you really want to improve technically. What you think you're doing and what you're actually doing can often be very different things.

Good luck with it, whatever you do.

hurlsey

Scuba Ste wrote: »

Then yeah, 3 times a week minimum. It usually takes a year plus to snatch bodyweight. You would do well to get some coaching too if you really want to improve technically. What you think you're doing and what you're actually doing can often be very different things.

Good luck with it, whatever you do.

Thanks for all of the input, I'll look I to coaching and getting a solid program!!

Cheers hurlsey