Thanks for the feedback guys… your thoughts matched mine as far as SPP lifting goes… I was just shocked at the mass gain, especially in an unfavourable area. 81kg is heavy for jumpers.
Forgot to mention a couple of things.
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The mass I gain from squats I usually shed back off within 2 weeks conversion weights (jump squat).
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I dropped my PC lifts in SPP, even though they served me well in GPP. Therefore i’m thinking of re-introducing RDL’s at 2-3x8-10. Would this fry the hams too much?
What are your thoughts on introducing cleans? Afterall the squats are there for overall strength stimulus and cleans do recruit more motor units. I have watched CF’s weights series and although he mentions you cannot go as far with cleans as with squats, for a jumper/short sprinter, smaller cycles are advantageous… so cleans could work well.
As far as squat volumes, the reason I was thinkin of 3’s is because of the drop in volume… I feel I need higher intensity to make up for it.