I think there is an issue outside of the normal lifting parameters for sprinters due to the special endurance qualities. I agree that in most lifting scenarios, a 5 and under approach is effective and that weights shouldn’t be used for strength endurance objectives, but higher numbers can be used- and, in the case of at least 2 sub 9.80 sprinters, have been used for brief periods. BTW, with Olympic lifts, we didn’t exceed 6 reps.
Charlie,
What types of reps and sets were used for these atheletes when they were working on SE? What do you suggest for the number of reps and sets. Also, i’m assuming that the type of lifting that they were doing occured during the maintenance phase. Is that correct.
In one of the soviet Oly books I have they reccoment doing sets of 4-6 reps to induce hypertrophy, even with lighter weights (not 4-6rm). It further suggests that the only people that should go higher reps (8-12) are the super heavies where there are no weight concerns. The premise is that 4-6 reps will be sufficient to build enough mass w/o sacrificing strength.
David,
So am I right in saying your workouts only consist of 2 exercises? (just these will change depending at what stage you are at).
If I am wrong, how about, giving us an example of a typical workout (which would fit into the above scenario).
For sprinters: 2 core exercises plus an auxillary (e.g. Hypers).
For sprinters 2 core plus 1 auxillary (e.g hypers/ghr)
David,
What is your view of deadlifting and squatting in the same workout and in the seem training phase?