"As for his weight training regimen, which was considered very revolutionary at the time, Coe kept up with it, even during his peak phase. "Many runners make mistakes when they tend to get off their weight training when racing," he said. "But then the strength falls off. I was still doing lots of quality reps as well as short sessions of muscle stimuli." These also included sit-ups as well as countless knee bends. Newton and Coe remember quite well when they arrived in the York High School weightroom, the school football team was working out. "The football kids were a little cynical about this thin (around 128 lbs) runner coming in to join them," Coe recalled. Newton recalled that all that came to an abrupt end when "Seb outlifted the football players, including their top wide receiver, who was the strongest guy on the team!""