not sure how i missed this thread before, maybe i thought it was ineedtodunk or someone asking another ridiculous, unanswerable question.

anyway your CG OH squats are beautiful. you're obviously strong, too. what is holding you back on the jumps, other than your knees? or is it just them? have you thought about switching to much lower volume on the squats and upping volume on sprints and jumps? would be interesting (for me, anyway, lol) to see if you could express all the strength you have on something other than a grindy squat.

what's the origin of your knee issues?

Pogo hops

SVJ triple w/o bands

Hit 27"+ each time on first warm up triple. Hair hit 8' ceiling.

SVJ triple w/ heavy-medium-light bands
SVJ triple w/ medium-light bands
SVJ triple w/ light bands

Tried to hit my head on the 8'4" ceiling outside. Nothing doing. It was 2 am so I was obviously alone at the time and didn't have observer to let me know how close I was getting and if I was hitting the strips of tape I had hanging.

Depth Jumps from 18" three triples
Tuck Jump variations

I was feeling a little bummed because I couldn't see any improvement after feeling so keyed up tonight. Then I came inside and did one more standing jump with the expectation that I'd only get within an inch or so of the ceiling because I was so tired. Was wrong about that. Absolutely bashed my head on the 8' ceiling. Really hard. I have a bit of headache now. I could only graze my head earlier in the evening and I figured I was tired and could only barely hit the ceiling at best. Almost put a hole in it instead.

+1 to all this.

Hindu Squats
Pogo Hops

SVJ x 3 x 2 to 8' head touch
SVJ w/ heavy + light bands x 3 x 3
SVJ w/ medium band x 3 x 2
SVJ w/ light band x 3
SVJ x 3 x 2 to 8'+ head touch
Results: 26.5"

Set up a camera to monitor my last couple of attempts with the plumb-pen hanging at 8'3". Came no closer than 3" on any of those jumps.

Now I know I can't set personal records every time I go to jump. But a personal record would be nice. I figured I'd up the volume every other day as long as I'm not squatting. Build a base, so to speak.

Depth Jump x 4 x 3
Standing Vertical Jump x 3 x 5 (24"+)

Front Squat
135 x 5
165 x 3
185 x 2
205 x 1
225 x 1
235 x 1
185 x 3 x 4

Press
45 x 5
65 x 3
95 x 3
115 x 2
125 x 1
95 x 5, 4, 4

Clean grip power snatch + overhead squat: 45, 95, 115, 135

Back Squat, high bar, no belt
45 x 10
135 x 6
195 x 3
235 x 2
275 x 1
300 x 1
235 x 4 x 5

Bench Press
45 x 10
95 x 6
135 x 4
175 x 2
195 x 1
205 x 1
215 x 1
175 x 4, x 3, x2

Pull Up: x 5, x 1, x 2, x 3, x 1, x 2, x 3
Weighed 173

Regaining squat strength. 275 for a shaky single last week and 300 for a much more solid yet difficult single this week. Able to do more than twice as many sets with back off 80% weight too. Bench w 215 was absolute max. Defaulted to ladders with the pull ups. Surprised I was able to cg snatch so much weight still.

Drained left knee yesterday and then had to drain it out again at night. The refill seemed to be reactionary. The left knee hurt and the fluid seemed to be support for whatever derangement I caused with the broad jumps.

Back squat, high bar, no belt
45 x 9
135 x 6
195 x 3
245 x 2
275 x 1
295 x 1 (barely)

Bench Press
45 x 9
95 x 6
135 x 3
175 x 2
195 x 1
215 x 1 (barely)

Chin Up x 1, x 2, x 3, x 4, x 5, x 1, x 2, x 3

I just barely got the same weights I managed at the beginning of this week. Was trying to segue into 2x/week back squatting, but my rate of progress may not improve with the extra frequency. Still can't believe I'm struggling with the squat under 315 and with the bench under 225 and with the conventional deadlift under 405.

Haven't really squatted since I last posted three months ago. Unless you count some stuff I did with just the barbell here and there to remind myself what the motion was like.

Only drained my knee once since then a couple days ago. Both knees usually feel great, but the left had remained a little bit more puffy. Drained 6.5 cc of clean, inflammation-free fluid.

Initially wore knee sleeves almost non-stop, but nowadays only wear them occasionally.

Have been working on bench, curl and pull/chin up in hiatus from any lower body work. Have been following a Russian Squat Routine for bench and ended doing standing bar curls on the heavy bench days and alternating pull ups and chin ups on the light bench days.

Worked to a recent best of 255 on the bench today followed by 210 x 5 x 5. Standing bar curl with 90 for 4 reps on 5 or 6 sets. A couple of days ago did pull ups for 9, 9, 7 which was my recent best on chins and way over my recent best on pull ups.

Going for 225 x 4 x 4 on bench before taking a break. Start again with 210 x 3 x 6 up to 6 x 6 and 225 x 5 x5. Sets of 12 and more on chin up and 10 or more on pull ups, bar curl for sets of five with 100 in this or the next cycle.

Even though my knees are feeling much better, I told myself I'd give them *months* to heal. I read that it can take a long time for chronic synovial inflammation to calm down fully. I said I wouldn't squat again till I've driven my neglected bench and curl to 315 and 135 respectively. Don't know if I can hold out quite that long, but whenever I do go back to squatting, it will be with the high bar back squat sans belt but with wraps and I will do it no more than three times every two weeks (MFW), possibly on my light bench days. Even with that low frequency, I may alternate heavy and light days or make every third or fourth session a light day. Also will use wraps on the actual work volume sets (wraps really made a difference last time I used them for a Smolov base phase; gained plenty without a hint of knee pain).

I don't think I'll introduce any specific jump training till I can squat well over double bodyweight. I see no point in introducing that kind of trauma to my knees while my strength levels are too low to contribute to any improvements in SVJ.