same, all of my best jumping has come during/after concentrated loading blocks... linear periodization is bad bad bad, i wrote some simple blog article for people, "the ratio method", which is supposed to help get people out of that mindset, introduces more of a concurrent system in simpler terms.
concentrate/high frequency blocks are the best ways to put on serious strength imo.. brozknowz is a great example of it... this forum has plenty of success stories from high frequency training, including myself/arowe/lance/dreyth/tychver/damienz etc list goes on.
High frequency training is awesome. There's a couple of really successful clubs produced a lot of good junior weightlifters in NZ based on russian/german programming and high frequency. They have the kids doing double sessions 3-4 days a week (5-6 days in total) in the school holidays after a few months training.
great, don't be one of those people to take out "impact work".. you need impacts in order to be good at, well, impacts... just keep them mostly low intensity for now, ie light rebounding exercises like jump rope, lateral barrier jumps (MR), MR halftucks, and definitely sprints... some good unilateral rebounding work comes from "light single leg sprints", any time you go real vertical, ie uni-tucks, you're going to experience alot of force so, just be careful to do it when you feel like you're firing properly, you don't want any "shutdown" occurring while trying to stabilize unilaterally, you can get away with it with bilateral rebounds though.
With Smolov, don't do any high intensity stuff beyond a a few decent SVJ/RVJ attempts on the off days. However, low impact explosive work in the warmup is absolutely essential if you're not just a lifter. Hell, for the powerlifters Feduleyev prescribed high catch powersnatches and low impact explosive work as warmup.
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Are there any other recommendations? Other drills that I could be doing now? Input on what should happen during the switching phase is also welcome.
Lots of submax jumping and explosive lifting. Once you've bounced back a bit get some more serious jump training in and move into shock training.
i like to split them into multiple sessions if im going to get actual jumping in, for example:
day 1: session 1: jumping, submax or max whatever.. quality session, not quantity
day 1: session 2: rebounding/light sprint warmup etc, low level reactive work is done here, quantity and to break that sweat........ then lifting
Yah it's often split like that in weightlifting too. Or a lighter session in the morning to loosen up slash prime for a later bigger session.
so ya those exercises i mentioned before are good, just use alot of variety to keep yourself from feeling stale etc.. mix it up and have fun, but i'd always warmup with some impact work before the smolov sessions.. it loosens you up, reduces risk of injury, but also wakes you up better for a more productive smolov session.
Yup. I basically did random jumping drills, mostly RFI stuff, quick dynamic warmup, an oly lift up to a submax single, SMOLOV SETS, puke
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You need to eat something every like three hours or so when going balls out with a high frequency and high volume lifting routine. PWO nutrition is more impotant. The window for rapid absorbtion after training is something like 30-60 minutes long. Take food or a shake with carbs in to the gym unless you're ABSOUTELY sure you're going to be able to eat when you get home. A lot of serious lifters end up snacking between exercises!
