[flight05]

flight05 on May 10, 2005 at 7:14 am #10853

i went threw this guy’s logs again today

and i cant believed i missed this but this guy did 230 kg in the front squat…thats over 500 pounds!!! what the hell he weighs like nothing too….

another thing to anyone that has seen this program is when he has the word RT and then he recorded the distnace …(im assuming this stands for right takeoff—hes a left footed jump so this is off his opposite leg?)

my question:

do u advise triple jumpers to jump off their opposite leg during training just for some variety/fun/cross training/imbalance issues????

ALSO:

i looked at edwards training diary more closely and noticed this:

in June his training followed like this:
13th – snatch many reps and sets working up to almost max single
14th – 3x 60 meters full out
15th – cleans many reps and sets working up to new max single
16th – snatch tons of reps and sets with new max single
17th – competition (jumps over 17 meters)

HOW CAN U DO THIS??? lol this seems physicaslly impossible for me without doing drugs lol….

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on May 11, 2005 at 8:48 pm #45484

[i]Originally posted by flight05[/i]
i went threw this guy’s logs again today

and i cant believed i missed this but this guy did 230 kg in the front squat…thats over 500 pounds!!! what the hell he weighs like nothing too….

While Edwards was deceptively fast and strong this number probably isn’t for full front squats. Also, I know he didn’t do too much squatting. Most of his weight work focused on OLs.

do u advise triple jumpers to jump off their opposite leg during training just for some variety/fun/cross training/imbalance issues????

I wouldn’t normally say it’s necessary as most of these issues are addressed with unilateral bounding and strength work.

ALSO:

i looked at edwards training diary more closely and noticed this:

in June his training followed like this:
13th – snatch many reps and sets working up to almost max single
14th – 3x 60 meters full out
15th – cleans many reps and sets working up to new max single
16th – snatch tons of reps and sets with new max single
17th – competition (jumps over 17 meters)

HOW CAN U DO THIS??? lol this seems physicaslly impossible for me without doing drugs lol….

It’s due to his extremely low volumes. High intensities can be handled on a daily basis as long as either the volumes are if the athlete has been systematically trained to handle it (i.e. Bulgarian weightlifters who max out several times a day every day).

ELITETRACK Founder

[lorien]

lorien on June 30, 2005 at 5:37 pm #45485

i looked at edwards training diary more closely and noticed this:

in June his training followed like this:
13th – snatch many reps and sets working up to almost max single
14th – 3x 60 meters full out
15th – cleans many reps and sets working up to new max single
16th – snatch tons of reps and sets with new max single
17th – competition (jumps over 17 meters)

HOW CAN U DO THIS??? lol this seems physicaslly impossible for me without doing drugs lol….[/i]
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There are indeed high intensity elements at following days resulting in 17m+ in the competition the 17th of June. However, keep in mind the potential was at 18.50 ??? which he did (18.43 with toes barely on the board) a week or two later, where he had a two day break from any high intensity stuff before the fabulous EC-cup in Lille.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on June 30, 2005 at 8:57 pm #45486

Also, if you think this is incredible consider the weightlifting programs of the best Olympic Weightlifters in the world (the Greeks and Bulgarians) and you'll see that they max out on 3 different lifts practically every day, 6 days a week, sometimes up to 3x a day.

ELITETRACK Founder

[llenny]

llenny on September 4, 2005 at 8:34 am #45487

I had a look at Edwards program & Im pretty sure RT stands for run through (run up) & not right leg. 1 week he does 2 jumps & 4 run throughs, then another week he does 4 jumps & 2 run throughs. These jumps were close to (if not) full run ups. From then on he starts competing & I dont see any other jump sessions other than Comp.

Jump, RT, RT, Jump, RT, RT
Jump, Jump, RT, Jump, Jump, RT

llenny