Not sure if this germane or not, but at a presentation that I attended Bompa said that Max. St. blocks should not go beyond 8 weeks (3-1-3-1 set-up) in a single phase. He also said that for beginners it would be 4 weeks (3-1). He didn’t think that there was any return to gained by going longe
Is this a case of the use of max strength beyond the advocated 3-1-3-1 becomes a case of diminishing returns and a better means of advancing the speed (say greater emphasis on non-sprinting plyo’s or the sprinting itself) is a more efficient method?
To be honest, I never know; because after the season they go into GPP/restoration and then accumulate back up based on the percentages they used during the season, or adjustments; however, any adjustments tend to be increases rather than decreases.
I have an athlete who with his circumstances is probably best to not lift weights (back and shoulder issues).
Is there anything lost by not including weights in the program, and only doing speed work with minimal plyos?
Involving tapering and peaking, it would seem having a speed and plyo stimulus (2 factor) vs a speed-plyo-weights (3 factor) approach, the 2 factor is easier to control when the peak occurs??
I feel by adding plyos, weights and speed work, my peaking dates are not coming when expected, but often later.
OK Maybe he can bench a bit to spread the load around. if he has back issues from the clean, you might need to be careful of plyos as well, so if the bench fits in, i’d use it.
What about a trap bar deadlift to keep strength up?
I believe that it’s far easier to get someone to safely Trap DL big numbers versus safely SQ big numbers. I’ve often thought about this with younger athletes, particularly in season. I know there could be more stress on the posterior chain, but wouldn’t it be an easier way to go?
If the athlete is a beginner / low level (or maybe even intermediate at certain phases) it appears to me that using an upper / lower split may be the most appropriate so you could have
Day 1 Accel / speed, med ball, plyos, lower (squats and supplementary)
Day 2 am Upper weights (bench and supplementary) pm tempo
Day 3 Accel / SE, med ball, plyos, (squats and supplementary)
Day 4 am Upper weights (incline bench or military press and supplementary) pm tempo
Day 5 Accel / speed, med ball, plyos, lower (squats and supplementary)
Day 6 am Upper weights (bench and supplementary) pm tempo
Day 7 Rest
Adjust weights volume / intensity as required
Or
Day 1 Accel / speed, med ball, plyos, lower (squats and supplementary)
Day 2 am Upper weights (bench and supplementary) pm tempo
Day 3 Accel / SE, med ball, plyos
Day 4 Rest
Day 5 Accel / speed, med ball, plyos, lower (squats and supplementary)
Day 6 am Upper weights (bench and supplementary) pm tempo
Day 7 Rest
CF talks about using OL’s in a cold weather, outdoor situations to ‘top up’ the CNS but I would think possibly a better option was to increase the volume of med ball and plyos and then reduce those later on, of course you need to be aware of injury but perhaps a better option than Ol’s.