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Hello everyone,

this is not my first post here but this is not out of impoliteness. I am just beginning to know my way around in all the sub-forums and stuff 
I like it a lot here and I am looking forward to many interesting conversations about training and other stuff. Thanks to adarqui for being such a great host and the tons of really great info he provides here!

s-m

Snow leopards are my favourite, they might well have the most impressive jump from all animals:

50 feet horizontal jump
20 feet vertical jump

http://www.indiantiger.org/wild-cats/snow-leopard.html

Thanks again for the insight! I have been thinking about a time efficient way to organize the power/peaking block and incorporate STIM while maintaining strength. I also wanted to include regular tests of VJ and max strength for good evaluation. If things go as planned, max strength should stay about the same while vertical jump goes up. If vertical jump stagnates for X test sessions in a row, the power block is over. If max strength goes up, so will the loads for the power exercises.

day
1   MSEM + power training
2   rest
3   rest
4   VJ test + power training
5   rest
6   power training
7   rest
8   strength training
9   rest
10  rest
So a whole cycle will take 10 days with 3 power training sessions and one max strength training session with a more conventional approach (either 3x5 or something along those lines).

Does that look reasonable so far?

Hey there,

we all know why we train for strength from a physiological perspective - at least we have some (in my case) pretty rough idea about why. But I always wondered what exactly happens in the body in reaction to power training. Training for power might lead to some hypertrophie and gains in strength but usually not a lot and this is probably not the reason why we do it, since strength training, as the name suggests, accomplishes that much better. Obviously we do it because we hope it leads to the ability of the neuromuscular system to generate force more quickly. But how exactly does that happen, in which time frame can one expect it to happen and which resistance(s) should optimally being used for the optimal gains? Also, how can we test if power has in fact increased so that resistance in training can be increased as well, for example in a jump squat? In short, how do we plan a progression during power training?

People just shouldn't neglect lifts that really target explosive strength, some form of maintenance always has to be there, which is intensified during certain phases of training. All to often people neglect these lifts then incorporate them only during those phases, which is wrong imo, because your experience with those explosive lifts has not been properly progressed and maintained.

Agreed! Most power exercises also won't stress the body too much so they can easily be integrated in any strength program for example without hurting gains at all.

As for speed squats, not the biggest fan, but, they would be a progression prior to doing REA squats/jump squats in someone who is not familiar with those kinds of lifts. So, their purpose for me is to use to prepare the body for REA/jump squatting. REA squats have the 'small altitude drop' with very ballistic transition from eccentric to isometric to concentric, jump squats have a less ballistic transition because there is no ADA, but, they have full triple extension without deceleration at the top. So both of those lifts complement each other pretty good.

What do you dislike about speed squats and what is ADA? ^^