Matthew Boling Turns Pro

Today I learned: training for the 200meters destroys fast twitch fibers.

I believe he ran a couple of sub 44.00 legs on college relays.

Glad I could help.

It's hyperbole. But, yes, I think that doing a ton of Clyde Hart-type work* is less desirable for most athletes for developing and maintaining maximum speed than more specific work.

I'd love to compare/contrast what Boling did under Coach CS-G this year to last year, and to what he was doing Petros before that. The huge regression in the short sprints this year was jarring.

[Note: my understanding is that Clyde Hart's programming for, say, Michael Johnson circa 95-96 was importantly different than the workouts all over the internet he had for sub-elite Baylor kids.]

Who did he sign with? I see the coach but no sponsor.

My sense is that Boling hasn't yet tapped his full potential. I don't think Georgia was good for him. Plenty of athletes excel once they leave a coaching set-up that's sub-optimal for them. I think he'll surprise people next year with his form, now that's he's moving away from his current set-up.

It's always a mistake turning pro early. He probably make more in NIL at Georgia than as a pro. And tons of collegiate athletes run times that would place top 3 at worlds, they just ran them in June instead of July or August. Britton Wilson, Julien Alfred, most of the men's 100 and 200 runners. The men's 400 runners. The 800 chick from LSU. The 800 dude from Georgia.

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Matthew Boling has a less than 0 percent chance of making an Olympic team in an open event this year, so why the rush to come out of college?

Why would he want to stay in college? He is a world champion and a world record holder. Nothing left for him in college.

Making more money. Getting a valuable degree. Work on running fast times with less pressure.

If he had already run sub-44.25 open, that'd be one thing. He is a full second behind that.

I see that he posted a few Merrell trail running shoe ads on his IG earlier this summer, my guess is with them

but seeing as they don't sell any track spikes I am not sure this is a great investment on their part

Makes me wonder.. what if Armin Hary were around today, along with Boling?

Methinks Hary would make a good promotional athlete for a luxury timepiece company. Always on time! I don’t think he would be imposing enough to be featured as a muscled athlete.

Oh wow never thought of this, he should've been doing pole vault in high school to prepare for this but everybody thought he'd be competing for golds in the sprints by the time he was done college. It's too late now though, no way.

I said the same thing. He should focus on the LJ and 400m.

People aren't realizing he'd make the national team for any country other than USA and Jamaica and I think he'd make the Jamaica 400m team. The USA depth is just insane.

He can medal easily in the 400m and 200m in the future. Idk about gold, but definitely medal

Good for him he probably graduated already and really has nothing to prove at the college level.

He should focus on the 400m since their is better relay potential and the World Championships were won with a 44. He get in the mid 44s I imagine next year. He ran his PR in the race at 45.17 this year.

Article says he’s into trail running. I see outdoor influencer in his future.

Once he finds the right sauce he will be a competitive 400 guy.

He can do training sessions with Allie O. She can introduce him to drugs.

Boling can "medal easily"? Are you kidding me? Winning medals is HARD. There is nothing that Boling has done so far that indicates that he can win any medal "easily" except for in a relay.