Barbell Power Clean vs Log Clean Strength Standards

Barbell Power Clean vs Log Clean Strength Standards

The paired standards below show what the power clean and log clean each require at the same strength level. They are separate exercise targets rather than a prescribed difference between your lifts.

Select the appropriate sex table and nearest bodyweight, then choose a strength-level column. Values are ordered Power Clean / Log Clean in pounds with kilograms underneath. The calculator above handles exact bodyweight and set inputs.

Men’s Power Clean vs Log Clean Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

Women’s Power Clean vs Log Clean Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

How Your Barbell Power Clean vs Log Clean Result Is Calculated

The comparison starts by estimating each max separately. It then rates both lifts against their own standards before identifying the lower result.

1. Estimate a one-rep max from each set

The entered weight is used directly for one rep. With 2–12 reps, both estimates are compared and the lower value is used.

• Epley: weight × (1 + reps ÷ 30)
• Brzycki: weight × 36 ÷ (37 − reps)

Set quality matters for this Barbell Power Clean vs Log Clean comparison. Enter technically consistent, challenging sets, and prefer lower-rep results when practical because the estimate extends less far beyond the performed set.

2. Find the power clean strength level

The standards use the sex-specific levels from the individual Barbell Power Clean tool. Targets begin at 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women, then adjust to exact bodyweight with reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.

Two-thirds scaling raises the target as bodyweight rises while limiting the size advantage that a direct one-to-one adjustment would create.

3. Find the log clean strength level

The standards use the sex-specific thresholds from the individual Log Clean tool. Targets begin at 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women, then adjust to exact bodyweight with reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.

The target rises more slowly than bodyweight so larger lifters are expected to lift more without requiring strength to increase pound for pound.

4. Compare the two results

Each max receives a level from Beginner through Elite. The lower-level lift becomes the priority. At matching levels, a priority appears only when one lift is at least 10 points farther from its next level; otherwise the result is Balanced.

The result identifies the lower standards rating, not its cause. Technique, fatigue, training history, and set quality can all affect the comparison. Age range is recorded anonymously but does not change these standards.

Enter both sets above to see the estimated maxes, assigned levels, next-level targets, and comparison result.

How Men’s Barbell Power Clean and Log Clean Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Log Clean standard minus the Power Clean standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Log Clean standard is higher, and below zero means the Power Clean standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

How Women’s Barbell Power Clean and Log Clean Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Log Clean standard minus the Power Clean standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Log Clean standard is higher, and below zero means the Power Clean standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

Barbell Power Clean and Log Clean Exercises Used by This Calculator

For a useful comparison, perform a strict power clean and a strict log clean using the setup and load rules below. Use strict, repeatable Barbell Power Clean and Log Clean tests that follow each exercise’s setup, range of motion, equipment, and load rules. Do not mix variations, assistance, partial range, momentum, or different load conventions.

Start from the floor and catch above parallel

Enter total barbell weight. Begin every rep motionless on the floor, reach full extension, turn the bar over into a secure front rack above parallel, and stand tall. Do not enter a hang clean, squat clean, muscle clean, high pull without a catch, bounced rep, press-out, strapped lift, or machine variation.

Use the Log Clean setup and load convention

The total log weight cleaned from the floor to a stable rack. Floor-to-rack log clean reps. Clean the strongman log from the floor to a controlled rack position on the chest or shoulders without counting high pulls, deadlift-only reps, lapped-only attempts, rack starts, assisted placement, or any overhead phase. Consistent setup, range, and finish quality across the entered set. No substituted exercise or assisted reps.

Enter one recent Barbell Power Clean result and one recent Log Clean result

First lift: total barbell weight and 1–12 strict reps. Second lift: weight used and 1–12 strict reps. Pounds or kilograms.

Related Tools

• Barbell Power Clean — View the individual Power Clean standards and next strength-level target.
• Log Clean — View the individual Log Clean standards and next strength-level target.
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