Aging gracefully wrote:
Faster Master Blaster wrote:
Apparently Collins once described himself as the laziest sprinter around, and never? lifted weights. Well, he's changed, and now does squats with 300lbs when weighing 172, though he doesn't go to parallel (really, no need). FB link showing this is broken unfortunately.
Not only was he lazy, he's effecient too, he was the 2003 worlds champ, but his winning time was only 10.07, 0.0 wind.
His PB is "only" 9.96, so he's slowed down very little, or maybe he's always underperformed, due to...not enuf lifting as i'm sure XFit would suggest.
Various coaches claim you should try to get the most accomplished with the least amount of work, in order to reduce injury potential. If he was winning in 2003 (with some second places in 2002) he/coach prob thought why lift weights if success is achieved without it.
On the other hand, various studies have that strength training reduces frequency if injury and maybe Collins only started strength work once he got older/more injury-prone.
Lemaitre did no/little strength training as well and ran faster than Collins, though he was also trying to get an engineering degree and maybe just didn't have time.