For what it’s worth, I work with one of the top female gymnasts in Canada one time per week on strength training (it’s all her schedule will allow given she trains 30+ hours per week in gymnastics). We do explosive med-ball throws, jumps and olympic lifts, along with some basic weightlifting movements (i.e. bench press, pull downs, etc.).
She weighs about 90-95lbs, but can power clean 120lbs, bench press 125 and squat about 200lbs. This is from lifting only 1x per week. She has steadily improved over the 3 years I’ve work with her. We train her like I would train a sprinter or jumper, and she has kept improving. I believe she can lift a lot more, but I’m very careful about loading her given her high volume of work in her disciplines.
From what I understand, she’s the exception when it comes to gymnasts in Canada in that I don’t hear of many others doing weight training, particularly in an explosive manner.
I assume you would describe thiis as keeping strenght up or moderately shifting upwards throughout her season vs a significant change in her strength level?