In January health and personal problems meant I lost 10 - 15% off the lifts and 5kg BW. Last month i decided to change things around to try and reignite my appetite for training. I decided to work the power variations since they are less stressful and my squat has gone to shit.
After speaking to a collegue I decided to use sets of 3r - practically a marathon for me. The results were outstanding. Within a fortnight I equalled my pb power clean and last week I almost caught a 120k.
The improvement is probabably a result of the large change in stimulus (volume) but I was surprised how much shallower the rep pyramid is with power OLs compared to a pure strength exercise like squats. I wondered if other athletes had noticed the same? If yes I may need to reassess my rep schemes for athletes using these lifts (previously I had worked predominantly with 2s)