I'm trying to determine what level of strength is required to be a good sprinter (i.e. 100 free).
Could you list your max repetitions of push ups, pull ups and dips? This would give me some assesment on power to weight ratio and strength endurance.
Also, what is your max bench press if you know it? or reps of 225 lbs. I'm curious about what level of pure strength sprinters have.
I think I am deficient mostly in technique and then strength endurance but maybe this post would show me I need weight room work.
So is either model better? It seems from my reading on the forum that the Crocker model is the more advised/ideal model? But can a Lezak type transform into a Crocker? Or are both superior models, and you should choose the one best that suits your own body type best? Success comes in many sizes and shapes ... ? And while Ande's statement seems clearly correct, it might be a little vague to apply.
Maybe we need to know more about how to weight/other train for a Lezak/JSmith type and how to train for a Crock/PSmith body type? Or more about RTodd?
Fort.....IMHO your body type as well as your genetic predisposition (fast twitch/slow twitch) should dicatate not only how you train but what you compete in.
Rich Abrahams, Jason Lezak and guys of like them have and can build muscle/power quickly and probably need to worry more about putting on to much bulk and loss of flexibility.....they also are pretty much 50/100 specialists and their training involves a lot of short quality based swimming and heavy weights.
Rowdy Gaines, Ian Crocker, John Smith, Gary Hall Jr. etc. are all very lean, very powerful, have speed but can extend into 200/500/+ (Rowdy at one time held every masters WR from the 50 to the 1500. Although John has speed....he was a 200 specialist in college and just won the 200IM at worlds.
All of the above at one time or another (myslef included) would/will train middle distance/distance, still weight train although less emphasis on pure power.
Look at th differance in builds between the 100 specialists in track vs. those that run the 100 but excel at the 200/400.....
So is either model better? It seems from my reading on the forum that the Crocker model is the more advised/ideal model? But can a Lezak type transform into a Crocker? Or are both superior models, and you should choose the one best that suits your own body type best? Success comes in many sizes and shapes ... ? And while Ande's statement seems clearly correct, it might be a little vague to apply.
Maybe we need to know more about how to weight/other train for a Lezak/JSmith type and how to train for a Crock/PSmith body type? Or more about RTodd?
Fort.....IMHO your body type as well as your genetic predisposition (fast twitch/slow twitch) should dicatate not only how you train but what you compete in.
Rich Abrahams, Jason Lezak and guys of like them have and can build muscle/power quickly and probably need to worry more about putting on to much bulk and loss of flexibility.....they also are pretty much 50/100 specialists and their training involves a lot of short quality based swimming and heavy weights.
Rowdy Gaines, Ian Crocker, John Smith, Gary Hall Jr. etc. are all very lean, very powerful, have speed but can extend into 200/500/+ (Rowdy at one time held every masters WR from the 50 to the 1500. Although John has speed....he was a 200 specialist in college and just won the 200IM at worlds.
All of the above at one time or another (myslef included) would/will train middle distance/distance, still weight train although less emphasis on pure power.
Look at th differance in builds between the 100 specialists in track vs. those that run the 100 but excel at the 200/400.....
