Can i add cleans?

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hello,
my full body workout consists of:

squat
bench press
dead lift
bent over row
shoulder press
upright row
tricep pushdown
bicep curl

I would like to add 3 or 4 sets of 3-5 of regular cleans without the squats between the Deadlift and Bent over row.

Should i add it or is it to many excercises?

Thanks
 
on that day you do cleans, you might want to edit out some other stuff, im no expert on the oly lifts, but im sure someone else like Evo or some others will chime inn.

and by "without the squats" do you mean you will not do squats on the day you do cleans, or that you do the clean without the squat, catching it high? in which case, it would be called a power clean
 
Ya i meant clean without squat in it, i will catch it high bring it back to the ground or knee and do it. I will still do regular squats.

Ok so anyone else got any thing to say on this?
Thanks KARKY for your reply
 
Hang or power cleans would be a good addition. I'd do them in place of the upright row. Same muscles get worked (more or less), and less chance of rotator cuff impingement.
 
I'd replace deadlift with cleans every other workout session. They are both mostly posterior chain exercises. And get rid of upright rows all together! You are already doing a vertical pressing movement for shoulders. You might also want to do pullups in place of bent rows every other workout to include a vertical pulling movement in your routine.
 
Ok i might do cleans instead of DLs, but it seems to me that dead lifts are way more important to me then cleans. So i dont know as of yet if i want to take it out.

As for upright row, i really love that excercise, it really feels good when i do them, i mean i feel a burn. I dont really want to take it out.

I forgot to add but i do LAT PULLDOWNS/Pull ups in there. I forgot to put it in there. I do assisted pull ups, because still not strong enough to lift myself.

Thanks
 
First, throw out the upright rows.

Now what you could do is alternate between deadlift and power clean

Orrrr....
Day A-pulls
PC+deadlift+upper body rowing+rear delts

Day B-upper pushing
bench+shoulder press or rack lockouts+rotator cuff stuff

Day C-full body
Inc bench+verticle pulling+squat+arms+RDL

...just some ideas
 
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