Just finished my senior year and 2nd year of track with 1:54 PR. Gonna walk on at the D-I school to which I was accepted in the fall. Never lifted weights and wondering if this can help me in the 800. I'm your average runner build. Thanks for your thoughts.
Cons: none
Pros: you will get faster and become less injury prone
Just don't do too much too soon. Learn the proper form of the exercises you want to do and ease into it.
Which specific weight exercises recommended for 800 guys? Again, thanks.
clean is probably the best lift you could do. squats are also good
make sure to progress slowly with cleans and learn the proper form before trying any heavy weight