I did my BS and MS as Nova Southeastern University. For the Ph.D it is in Rocky Mountain University of Health professions in Utah. So for the study, you could be a subject, but you would have to come back in 10 weeks to test again.

Good day. I teach this course at the university. We just adopted the 5th edition. It’s pretty good. The only difference between it and the 4th is they added PEDs as chapter 12 and all the other chapter shifted forward. It’s probably one of the best books to review the fundamentals of strength training, you would won’t be breaking any world records applying their methods, per se.. Is there anything specific you want to know?

@Philipp Josef Wansch, good question. I was mainly using the overcoming isometric for high force production as part of a contrast/PAP sequence. I set the Smith machine at roughly the midpoint of the squat and loaded it heavy enough that he couldn’t move it, so the goal was just maximal intent and force into the bar. From there we went into weighted DB jumps, a drop jump, and then band-assisted overspeed jumps. So we were basically working from high force/low velocity toward lower force/higher velocity. His knee was bothering him that day too, which was a big consideration. I wanted the rest of the movements to stay relatively light and explosive without putting a lot of additional load through the knee. The overcoming iso let us get a high-force stimulus without having to load up a heavy dynamic squat. For volume, I keep these pretty low. I care more about maximal intent and quality than accumulating a bunch of isometric work. How often I use them really depends on the athlete, where we are in the training cycle, and what I’m trying to get out of that particular session. For him specifically, my program this within the last four weeks of his camp for some fighters, for example like a 45 year-old boxer that I have sometimes I was adding it to the beginning of the camp for her. It just depends on what kind of adaptation we need and how soon we need. I program the isometric as such it is four rounds in total each round contains three sets of the movements and each set contains three repetitions of four second overcoming isometric. I may increase the set or time under tension as the weeks progress, and depending on the subjective and objective feedback I get from the athlete

Have you reviewed any blood work, specifically a hormone panel post pregnancy? There is various different variables that would have to consider of course in activity will cause a state of the training which you can simply get back to your previous routine and you’ll get it. It’ll just take some time. And then, of course, the female body is very complex so hormonal status does matter in this sense as well too. I think those are the two ones that would focus on addressing the training status and then review your hormone panel.

Great to have you