LSU Wk 1

[nycjay01]

@lr1400

My whole point regarding the weight numbers was once again sprinters don’t have to bench 400 and squat 600 and probably the only one who ever got close to that was Ben Johnson. A lot of people think you have to be freaky strong or chase numbers. You just need some decent strength like Xman numbers. His numbers are what I would expect Bolt Powell Tyson Bailey etc. to lift. Very good strength levels but nothing freaky like everybody thinks. No bullshit 400 lbs benches.

Just from reading a lot of peoples posts and coaches comments and my own personal thoughts it’s common to think or hope that if they hit certain gym numbers they will be running super fast.

I exchanged a few PMs with PJ a few years back and he mentioned that some of his best sprinters on his crew are not doing crazy numbers either. NOT to discount lifting but it seems that not everyone needs to lift crazy numbers to run fast. I know PLENTY of 11 sec guys that can bench 315+ and squat 405+ and run the same thing year in year out.