How fast do you think I could go?

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@David_W

I contend this I’ve seen plenty of guys deadlifting over 250kg who struggle to clean 120. Additionally, heavy deadlifts are avoided by most top Olympic lifters because of the massive impact they have on the CNS. Some powerlifters only deadlift once every ten days so i don’t see how sprinters (with all their other high intensity stimulus) could fit them into a program.

David woudn’t this just be a technique issue? clearly the strength is there.

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@Austin_H

Guys its kindof like this if God as blessed you with a gift you got if he did not than he did not, not to say that lifting doesnt help but either you got it or you dont. Now you can do things that will recuite white muscle fibers and thats all good but the most important thing for getting faster would be to simply run. Im a testatment to that, i use to be a slow white kid in elamentry school than in fith grade i started running(no lifyting) and in three years by the end of 8th grade i was the second fastest in the county thats white black and whatever else colors you want to add. And it wasnt no country ass county over a 3mill. I end up running a 10.64 my senior year and i could only squat 480, im only 158lbs. But if you guys want to argue the difference betwen squats and deadlifts just do them both, and do clean and jerks and bench, heck do whatevers gonna build power.

great post!

[Dazed]

@SuperSprinter

I understand everyone’s different.
But for me the only thing that increases my 100M speed is squatting.
And the only way to improve my fastball is one-legged squats.

Maybe that’s because you’re doing everything else wrong …

[SuperSprinter]

@t-bone

Summation of forces, having stronger legs will help you throw harder.

When I first heard the saying: “The Legs Throw the Ball”, I had no idea what that meant.
Then I started Squatting.

Now I know

[Footballstar06]

@t-bone

David woudn’t this just be a technique issue? clearly the strength is there.

The Max effort Deadlift doesn’t even come close to the Clean in terms of hip extension. The pull off the floor in the Clean is supposed to be controlled and then hip extension is the “force” to bring the bar up. Heavy Deadlift ≠ Heavy Clean (though there is the potential)