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.
I have to be careful if/when I lift because I put on bulk. I'm Lezak body with a Crocker mentality - as in let's SDK the crap out of this race. Like Fort I also have good flexibility, probably mostly because of gymnastics.
It was a great combo for gymnastics - strength & flexibility but I also have some injuries that are affected my lifting so basically I'm limited to core. Which as a sprinter and a sprint flyer at that is rough, but oh well.
Phelps didn't lift before Athens but he did do medicine ball work which I LOVE. You can be creative, and move and work core!
By the way, I'm all of 5'2", but have a wing span of about 5'6".
I like that: "Lezak body with Crocker SDK mentality." Hoping it works. Stength and flexibility are great, unless you have loosey goosey tendons. Not so great.
(I'm 5'4" with a 5'7" wingspan and long torso, FlyQueen.)
On the weights issue, I don't think I would be as fast if I didn't lift weights. Not going to test that theory by abandoning them because I need to lift weights anyway. But I have done slightly heavier ones and done weights more consistently since I've started swimming masters, and my times have dropped. Tall and skinny is fabulous, but not everyone is tall and skinny. Swimmers come in all shapes and sizes. I recently saw someone at least 8-9 inches shorter than Kate Zeigler almost beat her in the 50 free at the Dolan meet. Granted Zeigler's not a sprinter, but I was happy for the blazingly fast little tike.
I have to be careful if/when I lift because I put on bulk. I'm Lezak body with a Crocker mentality - as in let's SDK the crap out of this race. Like Fort I also have good flexibility, probably mostly because of gymnastics.
It was a great combo for gymnastics - strength & flexibility but I also have some injuries that are affected my lifting so basically I'm limited to core. Which as a sprinter and a sprint flyer at that is rough, but oh well.
Phelps didn't lift before Athens but he did do medicine ball work which I LOVE. You can be creative, and move and work core!
By the way, I'm all of 5'2", but have a wing span of about 5'6".
I like that: "Lezak body with Crocker SDK mentality." Hoping it works. Stength and flexibility are great, unless you have loosey goosey tendons. Not so great.
(I'm 5'4" with a 5'7" wingspan and long torso, FlyQueen.)
On the weights issue, I don't think I would be as fast if I didn't lift weights. Not going to test that theory by abandoning them because I need to lift weights anyway. But I have done slightly heavier ones and done weights more consistently since I've started swimming masters, and my times have dropped. Tall and skinny is fabulous, but not everyone is tall and skinny. Swimmers come in all shapes and sizes. I recently saw someone at least 8-9 inches shorter than Kate Zeigler almost beat her in the 50 free at the Dolan meet. Granted Zeigler's not a sprinter, but I was happy for the blazingly fast little tike.
