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I don't think so. They're all the same.

I wear compression thigs (from the hips all the way down the entire leg) pretty much all the time except for Summer when playing. They keep your legs warm and give you some proprioceptive feedback when moving around so you're more aware of the body/move a bit better.

No idea about recovery.

I'll never do calorie calculations and all that. I'll just cut down sugars and do a bit more cardio. It should take care of itself from that point. Wherever I go from that, I go.

Well because I feel like the time for cutting hasn't come yet. I'm just gathering info/preparing for that, but I'd like to continue to increase my squat. And the plan was after my linear progression fails to do Smolov and then cut, but Smolov looks impossible.

Honestly, Smolov sure looks impossible to do for me.

By the way - does it make sense at my current strength level and experience to go with Smolov or Smolov JR before beginning my cut down phase?

What about high bar quad driven squats vs low bar hip driven squats for athleticism (read - for specificity). Some say high bar is better since there's more emphasis on quads and the quads are more important in terms of jumping and athleticism in general since they can decelerate you, help a ton with the amortization phase in a jump, help you stop on a dime, help will all kinds of movements. Sure Rippetoe comes in saying that if you can already front squat, why waste time with another quad oriented squat like the high bar squat and not go with low bar hip oriented.

Does anybody buy into any of that?

Should a guy that can't/don't want to front squat go with a high bar squat to prevent the quad from "being ignored" as there'll be less emphasis with a low bar squat on quad development/focus/tension etc etc?