As you can tell by Figure 1, Seppo progressed quite
a bit from 1982-89, more than doubling his one-rep max.
Talk about progress. Check out this front squat workout
that he did on December 28, 1986: Front squat 5x60,
2x5x100, 8x5x130!!!, 1x150, 1x160, 1x170, miss 1 x 175,
1x150, 1x155, 1x160, 1x165, 1x170, miss 1x175, 1x150, 1x155,
1x160, 1x165, miss 1x170, 1x150, 1x155, 1x160, miss 1x165,
1x160, 1x160, miss 1x170, 1x150, 1x155, 1x160, miss 1x165,
3x1x150.
His PR for the front squat for that year was listed as
160, so I assume that some of these attempts were not full
depth. Still!! That is an enormous number of sets for that
lift. That was the transition year for the javelin so it is hard
to say what effect this kind of hard work had on his
training. A glance at my notes confirms that this kind of
front squat workout that year was common. No other lift
received this sort of attention at this stage of the season.