Assuming I have reasonable sprinting technique and I maintain my weight, will improving my squating improve my speed?
Assuming I have reasonable sprinting technique and I maintain my weight, will improving my squating improve my speed?
Scottie12 wrote:
Assuming I have reasonable sprinting technique and I maintain my weight, will improving my squating improve my speed?
Quarter squats are the best for sprinting. Yes they should help.
Yes, it helps with pooping speed compared to sitting on a toilet, as anyone who has pooped outside can attest.
Pooping wrote:
Yes, it helps with pooping speed compared to sitting on a toilet, as anyone who has pooped outside can attest.
Let’s run average man-
Above 20, virgin, brain of a 12 year old. Thinks he’s funny.
That joke's not far from the truth. In places where almost all the toilets are squat toilets, that is, a hole in the ground, you
better be able to do a full squat and hold it, the squat, that is, and people hang out, as it were, all the time by squatting, rather than sitting on the dirt. That builds some excellent squat strength. I was virtually incapable of this at the time and not coincidentally had no sprint speed. What it helps even more is in injury prevention. Seriously, do a few squats a day and you'll avoid calf problems.
Ben Johnson could squat 600 ibs for reps.
Yoga is much better than squating.
Work on your spelling instead.
Gravy wrote:
Yoga is much better than squating.
Yoga might be better for overall wellbeing, flexibility, and meditative value.
However, yoga is not at all good for speed.
Lengthening quads, glutes, and hamstrings by longterm yoga sessions will effectively kill speed.
Might have supplementary value for tracksters in general, but full squats in the off season, 1/2s in pre comp block, and then 1/4 squats in racing season will add way more to speed than yoga.
If you've never done them,
Work at body weight first, then bar without plates for a couple sessions before adding weight. Get proficient then, Do them HEAVY but with only 5 or 6 reps. 4 to 6 sets.
Do not do light weight, high reps.
Do not do heavy weight, high reps.
Heavy weight, low reps = power development without mass buildup in leg muscles.
Low weight, high reps is garbage for runners.
Also learn cleans & deadlifts (standard, one-leg, and russians)
---For mid d, lifting is critical.
Rich Froning can back-squat 445