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« on: September 30, 2013, 10:54:09 am »not sure this is the right thread but 675 while tearing a bicep is pretty intense
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man, on re-watching that 350 looked pretty solid. cool.
Lifting won't do anything for top speed because that's mainly genetic.
"The squat becomes a poor measure of strength at maximum velocity. At this speed an athlete must exhibit extremely brief powerful single leg ground contact and the squat does not accurately predict their ability to produce power in this movement".
However, I believe squatting does improve your acceleration and can improve the start of your races, which will end up making you a faster runner. I was reading a book about Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis called 'The Dirtiest Race in History'. In the book it said even as far back as 1981 athletes were commenting on how impressive Ben Johnson's strength was in squatting. Back than in 1981 Johnson was running 100s in 10.8, however, he was leading a lot of faster guys than him in races up to 50m but just couldn't maintain the speed. He was always a brilliant starter and I attribute that to his natural strength and squatting. Ben Johnson didn't like cleans so he didn't do cleans. Same as Michael Johnson allegedly didn't do squats preferring lunges, so he did lunges. A guy like Linford Christie lives and dies by the squat believing it's an integral part of a sprinter's training. Same as Asafa Powell believes strongly in weights. But than you'll have other guys like Kim Collins who once again claim they don't even lift.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmv65yElP8A
Point being if you like an exercise and think it benefits you than do it. If you don't like it or think it doesn't benefit you than don't do it. The ultimate judge is always going to be your performance on the court, field or track that counts, not what you can do in the weight room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfuf3D7RWes
But as long as I had some deep heavy squatting in my program I could never feel as explosive as without any heavy/slow training,
but there is a reason why in season athletes don't strength train rigorously.
if someone can explain in depth how to set up a proper program to avoid competing motor patterns I would be delighted to read it.
^^^true, true. reminds me of the gladwell-popularized fact that most NHL players are born in the first third of the year. the theory goes that kids born earlier in the year tend to be older for their grade or division than kids born later in the year. the 9 or 10 months can make a big difference when you're little, so early-birthday kids are overselected for competitive teams because they're just bigger and stronger and more coordinated than kids younger than they are. path dependency takes over and the relatively younger kids never make up the gap.
or so i comfort my november-born, always-one-of-the-youngest-kids-in-the-class self.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByYSkRGrMqw
going camping this weekend with a bunch of bluegrass musicians.