Can one train for the long jump and the 400m simultaneously?

No.

Christian Taylor does both at the world class level.

Yes you can! wrote:

Christian Taylor does both at the world class level.

Exactly - however training for both will compromise the training of each.

Each LJ session you do will be a session lost where you could have worked on speed endurance, for example.

You could certainly include a lot of plyo type work into your drills, and do them twice a week.

You need to speak to a LJ coach though - you have to balance what sessions you have, where you could incorporate jumps work etc.

4.83 is dismal.

I had similar 400 and 100 m times as you do (30 years ago). Entered a LJ competition on a lark with zero LJ training and not having run for about six months, and popped a 5.77 jump. Never jumped again after that. LJ is scary. I saw a teammate break a leg on a jump gone bad. Not a pretty sight

Why not try hurdles instead?

In high school I mainly did 800, 1600 and 3200 but began doing high jump and long jump after track coach asked Basketball coach who had leaping ability. Scrimmaging all day really helped my leaping ability. It seems the sprinting you do for 400 would really help out on long jump.

Sure! Everyday do as many long jumps as it takes to cover 400m,

sure what the hey wrote:

Sure! Everyday do as many long jumps as it takes to cover 400m,

You could set a world record for doing 400m in the fewest strides.

More seriously, sprint bounds are great training especially if your stride sucks.

Good way to learn to take big strides without losing cadence or speed.

Your 400m sucks, your LJ sucks.

Why not try distance running instead?

a sprinter wrote:

Why not try distance running instead?

Yeah then you could get a BQ and be glorified for being 50% slower than the marathon WR instead of just 25% slower than the 400m WR.

Whoa!!! wrote:

4.83 is dismal.

I had similar 400 and 100 m times as you do (30 years ago). Entered a LJ competition on a lark with zero LJ training and not having run for about six months, and popped a 5.77 jump. Never jumped again after that. LJ is scary. I saw a teammate break a leg on a jump gone bad. Not a pretty sight

Why not try hurdles instead?

Is it dismal though?

On the 2014 IAAF Scoring Tables, a 4.83m long jump scores 467 points equating to the following:

100m: 12.65

200m: 25.91

400m: 57.61

800m: 2:13.43

1500m: 4:37.82

Mile: 4:59.65

5K: 17:09

10K: 36:45

HM: 1:21:20

Marathon: 2:57:35

If somebody ran sub 5 for the mile it wouldn't be described as dismal on these forums. This guy has achieved the long jump equivalent of it, off no specific training by the sounds of things.

My two best event in high school were the long jump and the 400.

I started by doing the 100 and LJ and just wound up better at the 400 as I trained more but kept practicing the long jump at the same time.

I won my district 400 and was second in the long jump.

I ran 50.2 and jumped 21 feet.

You need to work on top end speed, which helps both events.

On easier running days, you can do a lot of pop-ups and LJ run-throughs to get your steps right.

And do quarter mile training on your hard days.

Neither specific training hurts the other.

Moving up in distance would hurt your long jump.

Putting in the miles takes the spring out of your jump.

What are some good long jump specific plymetric routines/exercises? In what volumes?

Trained intelligently both would complement each other. so Yes

Not so bad in fact wrote:

Whoa!!! wrote:

4.83 is dismal.

I had similar 400 and 100 m times as you do (30 years ago). Entered a LJ competition on a lark with zero LJ training and not having run for about six months, and popped a 5.77 jump. Never jumped again after that. LJ is scary. I saw a teammate break a leg on a jump gone bad. Not a pretty sight

Why not try hurdles instead?

Is it dismal though?

On the 2014 IAAF Scoring Tables, a 4.83m long jump scores 467 points equating to the following:

100m: 12.65

200m: 25.91

400m: 57.61

800m: 2:13.43

1500m: 4:37.82

Mile: 4:59.65

5K: 17:09

10K: 36:45

HM: 1:21:20

Marathon: 2:57:35

If somebody ran sub 5 for the mile it wouldn't be described as dismal on these forums. This guy has achieved the long jump equivalent of it, off no specific training by the sounds of things.

Those tables seem overly generous to the jumps. So an LJ of less than 19 feet (5.77m) or a 1.72m HJ (5'7" and change) is equivalent to a sub 16 5k. Maybe I shoulda done the jumps instead

I don't know. Ask Antuan Maybank. Seemed to work out for him.