I’m sorry, but most of the stuff written on that site is total horse manure!!
neospeed - why are you sorry? Sorry that people have access to the site? I read a bit of the stuff on that site. No comment - just a couple of tidbits -
Quote -I will break Flo-Jo’s record or maybe the men’s 100 meter record. Why limit myself. It is predicted that women are going to become far stronger then men in the next few decades, so why limit myself. - unquote
Quote - …and my fast starts over the first 30 meters compared to Ben Johnson’s world record times, (the benchmarks I was using to gauge my progress - I was faster then Ben over the first 30 meters, so I was on track to run a sub-10.5 time, so I prayed. - unquote
I don´t think I need to say anything…
remy posted:
anyone read this yet
http://www.wepinet.com/a1-olympic-story-part03-valerie-elly.htm
what the I’m DUMB! that was just funny.
What a total 100% psycho fruit loop. :sing:
I remember the meet at Narrabeen 12/8/00. It had no electronic timing, so the times wouldn’t have counted.
For interests sake, here’s the results:
Athletics NSW Meet - Sydney Academy of Sport, Narrabeen, Sydney. 12 August 2000
WOMEN
100m (-3.3) Melinda Gainsford-Taylor 11.7, Melissa Medlicott 11.7, Knox 11.9, Pittman 12.0
It is obviously a joke site.
I had been forced to use leg press due to a back problem 4 months ago. At present my 30m time is slower and my 10 bound distance shorter than this time last year.
My back problem has subsided and I am now returning to squats in hope.
Hate leg press anyway.
:o
If i do leg press, my Hamstrings seem to be working much more then when I do squats… Are not the Hamstring the link to a sprinters chain that are the difference ?
I can leg press about 410kg’s and squat 190 kg’s. should I then, as the thread recommends, do less legpress and more squats, or, am I sort of strong enough in both ?
Just trying to figure out a good weight program at the moment…:help:
If i do leg press, my Hamstrings seem to be working much more then when I do squats… Are not the Hamstring the link to a sprinters chain that are the difference ?
Most people will always be able to leg press more than they can squat. Foot placement on the sled will determine how much you’ll be able to perform and what muscles will be targeted more than others.
If you can’t can’t squat for whatever reason whether it’s because of injury or muscle length, don’t force yourself into a movement you can’t do. Many coaches have emotional attachments to certain movements and/or loads they they have no business placing upon their athletes.
Remember, you are an athlete, not a powerlifter. If squatting big numbers was one of the best ways to improve your 100m time, why aren’t those guys/girls at West Side on the podium?
Generally speaking, I don’t think the leg press has as much transfer to the track as the deadlift.
But, if you are new to weight training and sprinting, any increase in leg strength from whatever leg exercise yo do or physiological adaptions from your sprint training you get, will help your performance.
In other words, if leg presses are making you faster, do them!
ajhuddo wrote: “If i do leg press, my Hamstrings seem to be working much more then when I do squats… Are not the Hamstring the link to a sprinters chain that are the difference?”
Neospeed responds: Actually, EMG studies have demonstrated that hamstring activity during a leg press is less than half that of quadricep activity. This is yet another reason given for sprinters to eschew this exercise.
What i’ve found with leg press is that it’s way too specific! No matter where you put your feet on the plate, it only works the quads. This is why I feel that T&F athletes should use free weights if available as it makes it possible to recruit more motor units around a joint and create a more powerul contraction from the designated muscle group in and around that joint.
Not sure how close to the truth this is but i seem to remember reading or being told something along these lines in a lecture
The leg press exercise may stress different aspects of the upper leg in different athletes. Depending on the individual athlete and their experience with the exercise. They may not no how to recruit or “feel” the hamstrings on the movement.
Second, different leg press machines may influence quads over the hamstrings. Thirdly, adjustment of the sled plate and back rest may also place the load more on one muscle group than the other.
Lastly, the placement of the feet may target the quads more than the hamstrings. Feet placed high and wide, pushing through the heels, may target the hamstrings/glutes. Placing the feet together and low on the sled, pushing through the ball of the feet, may be felt more in the quads and adductors.
EMG studies are what they are. Muscle activation at that time and place. EMG’s don’t take into consideration the vast amount of variables that are present when testing individuals on weight training exercises. Many EMG studies can be biased based on the researchers own preconceptions of the exercise.
In any case, all of the muscles of the upper leg are being exercised to some degree in the movement. Some maybe more than others.
The bottom line: If it makes you run faster, do it!
I find that with leg press (whichever foot placment) or squats, the hamstrings are recruited less strongly than the quads and glutes by quite a large margin. I come to this conclusion since I have never had sore hams from doing either of these exercises and, I can only feel the hams contracting weakly in these exercises when compared to straight legs deads, back hypers and reverse leg press, and also, I have been able to do full, heavy squats with hamstring sprains and not felt a thing.