I would be surprised if he had a low vertical jump, we are talking about one of the most explosive human beings on the planet in Asafa.
If anything that video shows the emphasis of most top sprinters is in fact SPRINTING! What a concept. It also illustrates the use of weights as a general means and the fact that you don’t have to possess powerlifting numbers to be world class. It would also serve to show that the old “relative strength” argument doesn’t hold much water especially when you realize that Powell is rather large for a sprinter.
You have to think of it relative to how much time they spend lifting. If you train for powerlifting (which quite a few people do these days) you might spend 10-20 hours in the gym each week. We spend 3-4 hours. Before powerlifting was prevelant if you looked at the weights numbers for different athletes top sprinters would have been very much advanced in comparison to everyone else.
Indeed. I’m just saying I hear stories about everyone squatting 500+ like Mo, Ato, Lindord, etc but have never seen it with my own eyes. FloJo lunging w/ 300lbs. Rybalko squatting 315+… Asking me if I believe that is like asking me if I believe in ghosts. I might believe but I have no proof.
This is true but I think the #s thrown around create a misconception. We all know what kind of performance running sub10 100m FAT under legal conditions is. We don’t know what kind of performance lifting big weights is unless you see it. Saying you squat 500 with no other information given is like saying you ran sub10 on a track with no starting line.
Big #s can be very misleading and lead youngsters and those not in-the-know to pursue weight room strength more than they need to.
I disagree…running 10 is incredible…squatting 500lbs no…parallel, in many gyms you find one…full, harder, but I saw 3 guys just in my town…and If I list allt he athletes…we stay here until tonight…whereas I have yet to see a 10"00 from italy…and in my town, maYbe 10 "90??lot of years ago…
You disagree with what? I’m just trying to quantify the stimulus of a big lift in a top sprinter’s training plan however I cannot as I’ve never seen it performed.
I understand your point, but if we just believe waht we see…It would have been a hard time to move from stone age–
But…come back to training methodology…every year asafa &c. come to train near Venezia, I promised to be there and film something…but every year I skip it:)
so one of these M,W,F speed work-outs progress into 3x (3x90m) then progress 3x (2x90m) then later 3x200m around 20.0X area(for that level)?
Or did that 90m progression turn into 3 or 4 high intensity pure speed 90m runs (ie. accel 60 --> maintain 40 for elite level) with full recovery, like the split run 60m progression into 60m pure speed acceleration?
the way i been viewing it is you need to have strong backside(calves, hamstrings, glutes, lower back, upper back) since these are muscles used when sprinting, which when strength is maintained in these groups somewhat help prevent the athlete technique from breaking down when running.
