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Reckon its an involuntary thing to an extent. Reason I say that is I came from a background of doing all low bar squats nd deadlifts. Zero quad specific work. As a result I was a very hip dominant jumper. I would never ever have any quad fatigue, even after a day of competitive beach volleyball.

Recently been doing front squats, lunges, step ups etc and my quads have come up. I'm probably lacking in the hips now if anything. I get quad fatigue every time now but rarely glutes.

The point of my ramblings.... your body will use the best available resource. Its smart like that. So get balanced front and rear.

Way overpriced IMO.

Hell yeah. Used it twice now and yawn  Got a whole tub to finish now.

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Use sparingly though. Tolerance does build up.

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agreed. I remember my 1st time doing snatch grip deads on a podium. They're hard as sh!t.

I did 4 x5, then 3's till failure (form), 2's same, singles same. I nealry blacked out twice and then got a mad euphoric rush 20 mins post workout. I was wandering around the house laughing at the dog 

Apart from the quad stuff that advice is fairly solid.

Yeah bro dead right, squatting just above paralell feels crazy natural to me. But I did most of my schooling in the 5 x 5 strength world where anything above paralell is homo. So I forced myself to learn the squat they preach.

But the more time I spend around leapers the more I appreciate different means to an end. I'm gonna start looking at a more natural (for me) squat, whatever that looks like.

Farkin long legs  Thanks for the input dude.

Schedule sounds ok. Is that all you do though? Depending on volume that might be rad.... or you might like to add assistance stuff, sprints or something else. At least you have the rest days in there, thats a winner.

My rule of thumb for soreness is to cycle up to about a 60% 1rm squat as a warm up. If I'm still tight and weak there I'll consider bugging out. Pretty rare, usually come good. Lifting is only beneficial if you can put your heart into it.

Strength requirements are different for everyone man. I consider 1.5 x bw a basic athletic requirement for anyone subjecting their joints to repetitive jumping in a sport. Depending on how good you express that strength that might be heaps. Get to 1.5 x bw then make a new plan.

ATG or paralell will depend on your body, flexibility, squat style etc. But more ROM is better as you build basic strength.

Hey, please tell me if I'm being reasonably clever and economical with my training strategy or setting myself up for poor results.

I'm just winding up a bulking phase. I've added 20kg to my squat and 30kg to my deadlift but got up to a hefty 92kg in the process (though I was biggish to start with). I accepted the weight gain and kept it under some control using the Anabolic Diet.

The next 3 - 4 months I intend to cut fat. I do not believe I can make material strength gains on a calorie defecit. More power to those who say they can... I've tried before. But what I intend to do is pick a reactive focused program from the Vertical Jump Bible, which will be 2 days per week focused on plyos and speed work for 16 weeks. There's enough heavy lifting in there to maintain the strength I've built too, but not progress it very far.

I'm also going to join a new oly gym in my neighbourhood to learn the oly lifts (1 night a week). This will not only compliment the speed development but its a good time to be learning new lifts with an empty bar. I'll be ready to bulk again just as I get the lifts nailed.

So is it ok to be doing speed and plyo work on a calorie defecit? Seemed to me this work was all about training myself to recruit things fast and jump coordination. If its largely neuro-muscular in nature I should make vert gains while on a defecit, both from improvements in reactive and explosive ability and the drop in body weight.... yeah?

Hope that makes sense!