How would a weight program differ between a sprinter, high jump and long jump.
Joe
I think that the powerclean is more beneficial for the jumper than the sprinter. Also, the leaper will not be able to get away with as much upperbody mass as some sprinters.
If a high jumper for example started to bench big numbers (for a high jumper), they might consider just maintaining upperbody strength at that point , rather than to try and keep improving it.
I have heard of some high jumpers and Cuban volleyball players holding 4 kg weights and just swinging them around for a minute.
A leaper should NEVER do hypertrophy in the upperbody in my opinion.
I heard of an American long jumper who was jumping over 8 meters and cold squat 500 pounds.
The trick for the high jumper is especially to try not to increase bodyweight unless they are SERIOUSLY skinny.
I saw british high jump record holder Steve Smith (2.36 m high jump),
do single leg/ leg press machine though I’m sure he would have included Oly lifts aswell.
However, something that is interesting on jumpers is this;
The differance in weights & gen power training between the
high jumper, long jumper and the… basketball player, volleyball players.
The ballers seem much more interested in weighted jumps/weighted plyo’s than the track and field athletes.
It’s interesting then to note the differance in ground contact times (take-off leg/s). Track and field athletes need the quickest transition/shortest dip before going upwards.
WEIGHTED plyos will be “x” along the force-curve velocity, eccentrically, reactively and concentrically.
The track/field guys are generally faster with equall or less spring, (but more after a run up.) The track/field guys are like a hard rubber ball and the ballers are like a strong spring that u have to pull back before unleashing. The most spectacular verticals I’ve ever heard off belong to b-ballers but it gets like those 40 yard sprint times… take em with a pinch of salt.
The more “long” the jump, the more the glutes and hams play, the more straight up without run-up the more the quads come in to play and the calves.
This is backed up by my best standing vertical was from doing knee bend jumps with the heel never touching the ground, a killer on the quads, will also get the calves, glutes and alittle, the hams. However,
my most highest slam dunks were allways when I included squats in the program. (the highest slam dunk off a run-up, which brings length in to the jump which bring Gluteals in to play more than any other muscle, which mean Squats are needed.)