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Yeah but compare the volume of slow training to the volume of explosive stuff you do in a period of time. If you jump a lot playing ball and doing plyos, I can't believe you're going to get slow even training strength wise with super slow movements.

That article still gave me more awareness towards actually recovering properly, and not going to failure is a good way in doing that.

I still think it's important to adapt it to the type of person you are. If you really grind out the squat and take a ton of time to complete the movement, then maybe you should use a lower % and move the bar faster. The question is - how fast is fast enough? Then you need to ask yourself how much time do you squat and how much time do you play/jump/do plyos etc. Because if you really spend quite a bit of time doing explosive movements, then doing a few sets of squats very slow for muscle building purposes should have no bearing in making you slow by any means.

Also, when training for strength vs specificity, should the eccentric part of the lift be slow vs. fast? Meaning - should you train with a slow and very controlled eccentric for building muscle vs. going on a very fast dip down when training for specificity (as in half squats)?

http://bretcontreras.com/2012/06/is-the-maximal-effort-method-killing-our-athletes

Yup, speed is pretty much everything. It's what makes a dunk look good. I hate slow jumpers.

For me, half squats are terribly hard. I find it very difficult to reverse the movement at that depth. No wonder my two footed jumps suck.

Good form on the deadlifts?

How hard are half squats vs full squats?