At what point is max. strength improvement not neccesary?

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@WhiteLightning

Track Man it sounds like you deloaded from the squat and then took advantage of the strength gains. It is really all about peaking.

fogelson what sub 10 sprinters couldn’t squat 2x BW to parallel? Is this by choice? All elite sprinters naturally have great lower body relative strength - so I imagine if they wanted to they could squat 2x BW fairly easy. It is really tough to make gains in-season anyway, I’d just try to maintain and of course the actual sprinting/movement efficiency is priority #1.

To me if you are a shorter sprinter I think heavy strength training is a must. You don’t have those long levers, tendon/reactive strength to lean on as much. Kind of puts you at a disadvantage…

How strong does a short sprinter need to be?