Bret S.
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Well heck, I've missed all the fun over here. I thought your training was top secret or something.. guess I don't get out muchMoving this over to the active training log
I have, though not recently, but I agree it's good stuff. I don't really have any power work in my current schedule, but in a previous block I was rotating between snatches, burpees, sprinting and heavy clean & push-press - that was fun. You can do a lot of power training and never repeat the same day in a week.
Well, clearly, anything you do with your feet planted on the ground is going to transfer some amount of loading through the knees - I don't think anybody who spends as much time thinking about training as folks around here do is at any risk of having weak tendons, per se. I do think the squat has more direct translation into jumping power than hinging movements.
But realistically, the best thing I could do for my tendons or my jumping power is drop 30 pounds of blubber...
Losing weight certainly helps jumping ability. I sometimes think I've done too much fast twitch leg work in my past life.. and not enough purposeful slow twitch work. It shows in running, this year I aim to make some progress along those lines. I want the wheels to better match up with the engine.
A friend ran 044 for several months on a randomized schedule, the results he reported were pretty phenomenal. I've though about doing it but I'm enjoying ad-hoc, box check type training too much. I like the flexibility for when work heats up, that puts a damper on my training much more than it used to.