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I don't want to get involved in a long discussion here but you have to realize that improving your movement efficiency and thus performance on things like med ball throws and bounding is gonna help you way more in regards to athletiticism than improving your hip thrust or even squat numbers will. Of course does squat strength carry over to athletic performance but only if you can use this added strength in a dynamic fashion and when you move efficiently. You - like I did over and over again - seem to get stuck on the idea that you need to improve for example your squat to be a good athlete but this poses the danger that you put too much focus on the squat when your not actually a powerlifter. When your a powerlifter then yes, it's crucial to put a central focus of your training on improving the squat but with your goal of jumping higher, being more athletic it is and should be only a means to an end. I would even go as far as saying that you could become a pretty impressive athlete without ever entering a squat rack. You don't only get stronger in the weight room!

Yeah I got pretty lucky I think... was just sitting there for several minutes afterwards thinking "oh shit that was close" my scariest gym moment for sure. Luckily I wasn't wearing straps otherwise that would definitely have been a free ride to snap city. 😳

6x120kg backsquat and 190kg x 8 jumpsquats?!! this is getting ridiculous... how do you even do these and why on earth would you do jump squats with like 150% of your 1RM?

I don't know if there is evidence or not and I don't really care. Is there empirical evidence against it?
I just don't think there is only one right way to go about training and you oftentimes make it seem like your way of programing is the only right way to do so. I'm not saying french contrast or wave loading are important and beneficial training methods to do but I'm not in the position to say it's bad either because I simply haven't tried it myself over a long enough period. That's it.

I think trying to go heavier and heavier on lateral raises is pretty dumb. I would rather work with 8-12 or even up to 15 reps here. I don't see the benefit of being able to do lateral raises with 50-60lbs or even more for sets of 3 and I don't think it's a good idea for long term shoulder health to go as heavy as possible here. Lateral raises are meant to be an accessory exercise. Leave the heavy shoulder work to overhead presses, close grip bench, pushpresses etc. But that's just my opinion. Btw is there a particular reason that I have barely ever seen you doing any heavy overhead presses and stuff like that? Because I personally see a great carryover from overhead presses to my benchpress. Haven't been benching much lately but I've focused on my overhead pressing and my bench has still steadily gone up.

Yes I live in switzerland it's a beautiful country but everything is so expensive. But then again the average wage is around 5000 dollars a month which is very high compared to other countries in europe.

Fucking epic. Congrats!! 

Thanks, I've always been quite a bit stronger in my overhead press compared to my "weak" bench. I have no idea what my 1RM is though. I guess like you said 80+ or around 85-90kg, inching closer to that bodyweight overhead press. (BW at 93-94kg at the moment) I only know my 1RM on the pushpress and there it is 105kg. Just started to do jerks and that still feels kinda odd.