Squats and reps

My freind has been doing the same workout as me for 4 weeks

Monday
6 sets of 2 back squats
6 sets of 5 biceps curls
6 sets of 3 bench press

Tuesday
6 sets of 10 lat pull downs

Wednesday
6 sets of 2 deadlifts
6 sets of 5 biceps curls
6 sets of 3 bench press

Thursday
6 sets of 10 lat pull downs

Friday
6 sets of 2 deadlifts
6 sets of 5 biceps curls
6 sets of 3 bench press

Saturday
6 sets of 10 lat pull downs

Sunday
dips 6 sets of 5

My friend runs 400 meter sprints

I want to tell him he should do this

Monday
3 sets of 15 back squats
3 sets of 10 biceps curls
3 sets of 15 bench press

Tuesday
3 sets of 15 lat pull downs

Wednesday
3 sets of 15 deadlifts
3 sets of 10 biceps curls
3 sets of 15 bench press

Thursday
3 sets of 15 lat pull downs

Friday
3 sets of 15 deadlifts
3 sets of 10 biceps curls
3 sets of 15 bench press

Saturday
3 sets of 15 lat pull downs

excersizes need to be pretty quick

i tihnk thisw would be alot beter so he can gain msucular endurance and power at the same time

Do you guys think he should do this

Adi first of all i think the rep range is too high as in 15reps.go to the gym for strenght and get the endurance on the track

Agree with X-Man. 15 reps is almost always too high for a sprinter. Work in the sub 6 rep range.

xlr8

He not just runs 400 meter he runs 800 meter

he can squat 100 for 5 reps

if he were to do 10 reps how much weight should he use

if he were to squat 15 reps how much weight should he use

I agree with this, but 5 reps seems to only helpfor real short sprints

Thanks

Is this 100lbs or kgs? In either case, it sounds like more max strength work would be helpful. Keep the reps low and work on the endurance at the track.

xlr8

Anyone do reps of 15 in GPP?

I had planned to do a Hypertrophy phase with higher reps during GPP next season. I won’t take reps as high as 15 though, 10 at most and mostly 6-8 for the phase.

David W has, though, planted some seeds of doubt in my mind!

[see: http://www.charliefrancis.com/community/viewthread.php?tid=1248]

Where doubt exists I usually leave the last word to Charlie:

“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.”

You are doing way too many deadlift workouts. I would look at subbing in good mornings instead and do snatch style deads once every ten days or so

Cheers,
Chris

ps- Supp exercises in the 6 rep range max. Core lifts in the 2-4 rep range…

gf_200

I will also go upto 10 reps/set in the GPP. However, I have noticed that if I do 3-4 sessions of 15 reps/set before our repetitive 200, 300 or 400 sessions begin, I cope better. I feel its like this - 15 reps (compared to 5/10 reps) do not help an idividual 200m race, but they improve 200/300/400m sessions, which in turn help the 200m race.

Any comments?