RB34
November 25, 2010, 2:32pm
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Sorry, I’m not buying that article. I don’t care what his bench press strength is because I know many “black” athletes - young and old who can press alot - it’s something they do in the hood. How much can he squat or clean? I would die attempting a 450m run. What’s James lifting approach?
See the article on Bolt’s (ahem) “weight training” linked on elitetrack. BTW Willie Gault, pushing 50, gets up to 3X10X225 on the bench. Don’t know if I’m supposed to say that, but it’s the truth.
Running 7X300 as ET, as CF claims Ben did, has VERY different lactate effects than 3X300 as SE1. I don’t have a problem doing 300-450 @ 70-75%.
I don’t know about 400 specialists because I’m not one of those, but I find split 300’s to be a better balance for a pure sprinter. You can run them faster, and the lactate level doesn’t get as high.
Running the longer tempo (and at this time I’m still doing heavy accumulation in the weights area, so the pace of 350-450 isn’t as important) is where I find the JS weights before sprints approach to be an advantage. But I’m a follower of James’ approach in the weights area, and when the speed is cranked up, the weight load is sharply reduced.