[QUIKAZHELL]

QUIKAZHELL on April 9, 2003 at 9:14 am #8322

an athletes PR in the squat is 300 pounds… can he go up to 424 just 12 months? thats 10 pounds a month or 2.5 pounds a week….(since the smallest weight we can add to a bar is 2.5 and i would like to make this situation practical lets say 5 pounds a week)… it sounds real easy on paper when you put it that way.
will this athlete hit a plateau since the stimulus isnt really changed? will this athlete improved maybee 10 pounds a month for 5 months then only improve 4 pounds and eventually burn out?
this thread may seem a little rediculous/dumb but i think maybee it can lead to something else worth talking about that the memebers of this forum can contribute to and benifit from.
*i would like to make note.. that in no way am i trying to increase my squat by doing this!! i may be young but i am far from that stupid.;)

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on April 9, 2003 at 9:49 am #19513

I have no doubt in my mind it can be done. The gains would not however come in a linear manner. That is, they would come in spurts, with the biggest spurt(s) coming from the initital training or changes in training stimulus.

Also, attempting to get a weight room gain of this magnitude would most likely be foolish for a track athlete because the training necessary to elicit this strength gain would not pair well with track training much less a competitive track season.

ELITETRACK Founder

[jacko]

jacko on April 9, 2003 at 11:31 am #19514

SO how do we progress our lifts, and how do you communicate it to the athletes…eg
Mike say the LSU guys/girls have a session such as
Cleans,bench,squats
does boo set % loads based of test results?
and do you then just try to get them to go up when they can or is a rough progression set for them

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on April 9, 2003 at 10:51 pm #19515

Weight progressions are very, very loosely based off percentages of RM. Some days, percentage ranges are given but on other days we just say go heavy or light and let the kids figure it out. A lot of times it’s just left up to the subjective judgement of Boo or myself.

ELITETRACK Founder