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start with something you know you can do for about 15 reps or at least get close, practice form for a couple weeks and start putting more weight on to get your reps where you want them. Don't go to failure and always leave 1 or 2 reps "in the hole", training to failure is not good when training for strength, and its especially not good when your learning a new exercise.
At 5'9" and 170 I'd start deadlifting 200lbs, squating about 150, and clean and pressing about 80-100 just to start off and get your form to the point where your not going to hurt yourself when you start getting nice and heavy. You dont want to clean a barbell when your tired and end up falling backwards and have a loaded barbell falling on your neck or anyplace else. Or you could start with a weight around what I suggested and add 5 more pounds every time you hit the weights till you hit your target reps. Things like the deadlift or squat you could add 10. Just a suggestion.
At 5'9" and 170 I'd start deadlifting 200lbs, squating about 150, and clean and pressing about 80-100 just to start off and get your form to the point where your not going to hurt yourself when you start getting nice and heavy. You dont want to clean a barbell when your tired and end up falling backwards and have a loaded barbell falling on your neck or anyplace else. Or you could start with a weight around what I suggested and add 5 more pounds every time you hit the weights till you hit your target reps. Things like the deadlift or squat you could add 10. Just a suggestion.
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