1: Makes sense - total of 3 work sets. Is this what Dr. Stone does with his athletes? I would be curious how this setup would work for a speed/power athlete who has to run-throw-jump several times a week. It’s a lot easier to get stronger when your primary stressor is weights only - do you think you would have had similar strength results if you were sprinting-jumping-throwing several days a week?
2: Are you planning on rotating any power blocks into the mix?
3:I think you have a point - when I have done tempo before upper weights I notice a “SLIGHT” drop in strength vs when I do weights before tempo. If I wanted to focus on lower body strength while sprinting I’ll probably lean towards Mon: speed and ub wts, Tue: Lb weights, Wed: Tempo 1000m. I’m not surprise that this athlete had issues with the strength/tempo combo esp considering his background and overall numbers - maybe at some you can put tempo back in starting at 600yds and slowing increasing. You can get away with low tempo volume and still increase general fitness with longer warmups etc. Most people have issues with tempo because they are doing too much volume, running tempo too fast, shitty running surfaces, or maybe it’s the speed/power component.