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.
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.
Thanks Paul. I guess I fit in this mode. I stretched out to longer events during youth all the time, but can't seem to as a master. I am all fast twitch and strength. I am not inflexible though, as a former gymnast. But I sure wish I was taller.
Also, I don't remember starting to lift weights until I was 16 or 17 and not super intensely. But my times improved quite a bit at 17. When I went to college I lifted more, and finally found out I could swim the 50 and 100 free with big time drops. But I don't think I ever did super heavy weights. When I stopped lifting and swimming, though, I sure lost a lot of body weight. So it must have been putting on some muscle.
I have seen many tiny age groupers do astoundingly well. They are very efficient and amazing at SDKs. It seems to be me though, and I have heard from coaches, that many kids don't "buy into" SDKs and they still believe they will be faster just coming out of a turn and hacking away. The elite ones I see SDK well, skinny or not, tall or not.
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.
Thanks Paul. I guess I fit in this mode. I stretched out to longer events during youth all the time, but can't seem to as a master. I am all fast twitch and strength. I am not inflexible though, as a former gymnast. But I sure wish I was taller.
Also, I don't remember starting to lift weights until I was 16 or 17 and not super intensely. But my times improved quite a bit at 17. When I went to college I lifted more, and finally found out I could swim the 50 and 100 free with big time drops. But I don't think I ever did super heavy weights. When I stopped lifting and swimming, though, I sure lost a lot of body weight. So it must have been putting on some muscle.
I have seen many tiny age groupers do astoundingly well. They are very efficient and amazing at SDKs. It seems to be me though, and I have heard from coaches, that many kids don't "buy into" SDKs and they still believe they will be faster just coming out of a turn and hacking away. The elite ones I see SDK well, skinny or not, tall or not.
