Would it be a bad idea to do weights in the upper body after a moderate speed workout on the track?
Would it be a bad idea to do weights in the upper body after a moderate speed workout on the track?
I'm not sure what you mean by "speed workout"--whether you're talking about true speed (top speed), or simply referring to faster-than-race-pace running--but, in any case: no, it's not a bad idea...so long as the lifting exercises are well learned.
If you're just learning new lifting exercises and/or returning to lifting after a long time away from it, you should do the lifting (like any other skill-learning work) early in your training session: after a warmup, but before track work.
Track/distance programs in HS/NCAA don't always have a choice of weightroom times (football), but lifting after speed gives you optimum recovery time before your next hard workout. That is the time to do leg weights if you have the opportunity.
Why the hell would it be a bad thing? Obvious the best possible time. Completely trivial since you're talking about upper body, anyway.
coach d wrote:
Track/distance programs in HS/NCAA don't always have a choice of weightroom times (football), but lifting after speed gives you optimum recovery time before your next hard workout. That is the time to do leg weights if you have the opportunity.
No, have to disagree here: *leg* lifting (at least if it's high-intensity) generally should come before true speed work.
In fact for a lot of athletes the ideal sequence--again, *assuming all activities are well learned* (good habits, solidly established)--would probably be lifting, then plyo, then speed. Or perhaps even better--if facilities are readily available and close to each other--would be to repeat that sequence through the session: a set of leg lifting, a plyo drill, then a flying 30m rep, for example.
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