Not sure, I’ll have to ask. It was for a significant portion of the training year, not just some occasional or rare thing, but I am not sure the exact timing.
i’m guessing it was clemson who used to coach crawford.
I’m guessing gat could do more than this weight for the squats. So, what kind of squats would these be classified as? Maybe some type of tempo squats for recovery and range or something or technique type. Maybe Charlie knows. Anybody know?
Just would be interested to kick this thread off again. It seems that we have touched on the theories of Francis and the sessions of Graham. Does anyone have any information about particular session structures Francis uses and the theories behind Graham’s training. Going back to Francis, I would be interested to know if anyone has information about Henry Rolle’s training methods, the link there being Darrel Brown. Thoughts or information??? Also Charlie I would be interested to know more about your thoughts on Francis’s methods as you have contrasting approaches…
does anyone know the exact mvp gpp template. I think stephen francis calls it background training/work. It must be similar to Charlies 3high 3low template since i’ve read in the news that they train 6 days a week. As well i’ve read somewhere that some journalists were talking to stephen francis and he had a CFTS manual in his hand and they knew what it was.
Based on the notes from the presentation stephen francis did i’m guessing their gpp maybe might go something like this: theoretical-
mon-short speed/accel
tues-12X200 tempo
wed-(hills)short speed/accel
thur-(hills)longer tempo/int.tempo
fri-short speed/accel
sat-8X300 tempo
Surprised this wasn’t already posted…
Good find. Why am I not getting any sound out of it?
Quite a wide grip on that bench press.
And the sound worked for me Quik so I dunno what that’s about.
do those 245 single leg squats he doing equate to or give the same workout as if he was back squatting 495(5 plates/side)? If they did equal that he could probably deadlift 495 pretty easy i’m presuming
also steven francis asked them if they were finished, finished doing tempo i think he meant, and then he said “gym.” so i guess they did some heavy weights after the tempo.
does that mean that they’re peaking or doing a light week before testing or something along that path? or does that mean they are just switching it up from the high intensity sprint/weight type of days to just high intensity sprint days with tempo+weights the day after like in a gpp?
if in fact that is what the coach meant when he said “gym”.
They do not equal that. I’m not sure how much he can squat exactly, but I am pretty sure he isn’t that strong since there are females in the group that lift the same weights.
those are step ups and not one leg squats
Not even close to back squatting 495.
WR holder who drives a civic … thats inspiring
It certainly serves as a positive example. More athletes should watch their money closely and not end up broke after having blown retirement-investment sums on Ferraris.
Heh, yea, like Mo’
He has more than one car. He is getting paid plenty. Hopefully he is spending it wisely. If you’re concerned about $$, pretty much all of the good HSI guys had Ferraris at one point or another and MJ has a McLaren.
yes you are right. I was just calling them the same thing that steven francis calls them in that video, one leg squat. He said one leg squat but he meant step-up(I tink).
this is the video: http://svt.se/svt/road/Classic/shared/mediacenter/index.jsp?&d=22040&a=816849&lid=puff_816860&lpos=extra_0
Wow!:eek: Asafa, the world record holder in the 100m, is very weak from a limit strength standpoint in the gym… i wouldn’t be suprised if he even had a low vertical jump…
Though, he obviously has sth in his CNS that gives him unbelievable muscle stiffness…
The only thing is certain, if you can’t produce great GRF’s relative to your mass on the track, u r gonna be slow…
During that weight session on the video I assume the bench press and the 2leg deadlift are the primary lifts, and the other lifts are the supplementary. Does that sound right?
Wonder what the deadlift number is(seeing this guy must have a very strong back based on that the sprinting event is back dominant)?
No surprises there really. I have heard of many instances of great strength from top sprinters but I’ve never actually seen anything that impressive.