I am finished with my track career, but i still play football and want to increase my speed. However, I need to gain strength and mass as well, and thought it would be best to concentrate on that during the winter, and then during the spring I will start doing speed/agility/plyos. Then, during the summer- intensify the speed/agility/plyos and cut back on the weights. Then during the month of july, I plan to eliminate all lower body weightlifting and focus on speed.
I have experimented with this stategy during my high school senior year of track. I thought i made tremendous gains in my sprint times once I eliminated all lower body strength training.
So, by doing that in july, i hoped i could really improve my speed, while still maintaining most of the strength i had accumulated over the spring and summer.
Thoughts?