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.
well it depends on the intensity of course, for example, 18 inch depth drops from 2-3x5 don't create an insane amount of fatigue/"damage" in a conditioned athlete, they do however really wake up the calfs and give you some extra pop. Now make that 30-42", depending on the athlete's capabilities, and you have alot of cns fatigue/actual myofibral damage/fasciae damage etc.
for people who hold off on explosive stuff and put it into a block, i think they should be doing some kind of maintenance in the preceding block, and ramping up the intensity as they get closer to their explosive block.. too often they just jump right in during the explosive block, or ramp up then.. dno just alot of wasted time if you ask me, easy to maintain efficiency on a few exercises.
word!
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? ^^
ADA = altitude drop
on an REA squat, there's some level of free fall, it could be 1/4th, 1/2, deep, etc, depending on your ability/preference.. so basically that drop acts like a 'shock', causing greater motor unit activity than would be experienced had you just lowered fast.
i don't like speed squat because i think REA squat/jump squat/clean pull (or jumping clean pull) do a better job.. all three of those are ballistic in nature yet still overloaded. With a speed squat there's just too much deceleration going on as you reach lockout, that's why i dont like it.. that deceleration is fine during a very heavy squat, as it's way different than VJ.. speed squat also lacks the qualities of REA squat (the ada), jump squat /clean pull (the full acceleration).
peace man!
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