Interview with Tudor Bompa

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What is the freq and intensity for the squat in MS? With the sprint program I don’t see much difference btw lsu and cfts.

@James_Smith

Nope. During SPP, which as you know for us is spring ball, training camp, and the season, all of the non-technical/tactical training is sub-maximal although I will provide some leeway with respect to bench press as most of my skill players have more capacity to work in this regard.

The max strength work for my guys occurs once prior to spring ball, again right now, and a third time (but only in the press) before August camp.

I would probably tend to agree with you; however, it’s really a matter of programming. If the squat is a staple in the plan than it should stick around. Alternatively, if the mindset is more ‘global’, if you will, as far as thinking hip/leg extension strengthening then more than one means may be used in a block system.

Yup. While there’s no taking away from the success of the T&F program it’s not at all how I would do things; however, this probably does not come at any surprise to you.

If I were programming the training of sprinters you would see far more of a CFTS influence in so far as a ‘generalist’ approach to the ‘strength training’.