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We often overlook a few fine points...
Ben Johnson, as well as other sprinters, train for function. When they cross that finish line...they don't care what they look like or how muscular or lean that they are. They just want to be the best sprinter.
A football player doesn't care how good he looks, just that he is the best player on the field.
Strongman competitors...don't care what they look like...they just want to be the best on the field that day.
Training like a sprinter may not make you look like a sprinter. Never forget that most of the people that you see on television or at the Olympics were born and not solely made. Asking Ben Johnson how to get big may be like asking George Halbert how to bench press a lot. They both were successful...but were/are also genetic freaks.
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Ben Johnson, as well as other sprinters, train for function. When they cross that finish line...they don't care what they look like or how muscular or lean that they are. They just want to be the best sprinter.
A football player doesn't care how good he looks, just that he is the best player on the field.
Strongman competitors...don't care what they look like...they just want to be the best on the field that day.
Training like a sprinter may not make you look like a sprinter. Never forget that most of the people that you see on television or at the Olympics were born and not solely made. Asking Ben Johnson how to get big may be like asking George Halbert how to bench press a lot. They both were successful...but were/are also genetic freaks.
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The Shadow
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WOW!!
Lots of controversy - let me clarify.
Sprinters look the way they do - ie - muscular as hell because they train explosively.
10 milers look the wasy they do - ie - a teacup full of muscle ob their bodies because they train the body to pare doen it's (muscular) size.
Peroid.
No one has come up with an Elite(olympic) athlete who violates my rough rule of thumb.....
Lots of controversy - let me clarify.
Sprinters look the way they do - ie - muscular as hell because they train explosively.
10 milers look the wasy they do - ie - a teacup full of muscle ob their bodies because they train the body to pare doen it's (muscular) size.
Peroid.
No one has come up with an Elite(olympic) athlete who violates my rough rule of thumb.....
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The Shadow
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dude said:
Well Geewilikers...
I guess that's like saying:
"You are acting like a little bitch"
Not my rule of thumb as it was known before I stated it.....
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2 ton hoss
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Cornholio said:
YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. THESE PEOPLE TRAIN FOR FUNCTION NOT FOR LOOK. DISTANCE RUNNERS ACTIVELY TRY TO DECREASE MUSCLE AND FAT TO LEVELS THAT MAKE THEM APPEAR ANOREXIC. IF YOU HAD A DISTANCE RUNNER THAT WEIGHED 220 RUNNING 130 MILES A WEEK HIS KNEES WOULD BE SHOT IN A MATTER OF MONTHS (THAT, OR HE WOULDN'T WEIGH 220 ANYMORE
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Look like 250? Please. Sprinters in comparison to distance runners are very very muscular. But compared to a strength athlete they are still very skinny.
A 250 lb man is a big man. To most people. My sometimes training partners are 275 and 300 respectively. Stand an olympic sprinter next to these guys and they look like skinny kids, which they are.
The fastest 250 lber on the planet, who is probably some NFL linebacker, or an Olympic Weightlifter, would not even be in the screen for the finals of an olympic sprinting event. Carl Lewis weighed in at a buck seventy. 170! My son turned 11 today. He holds the national record for his weight and age the best we can tell in the deadlift, and he weighs about 150. At 11 years old.
You guys need to broaden your perspective. Sprinters are not thick. Kenny Patterson is thick. Ronnie Coleman is thick.
However, the original point of this thread is well taken, comparitavely speaking sprinters are much much more muscular than marathoners and the reason for it (other than genetic predisposition, how many white sprinters are there?) is the way they train. If you want to be thicker and more massive, train for it.
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A 250 lb man is a big man. To most people. My sometimes training partners are 275 and 300 respectively. Stand an olympic sprinter next to these guys and they look like skinny kids, which they are.
The fastest 250 lber on the planet, who is probably some NFL linebacker, or an Olympic Weightlifter, would not even be in the screen for the finals of an olympic sprinting event. Carl Lewis weighed in at a buck seventy. 170! My son turned 11 today. He holds the national record for his weight and age the best we can tell in the deadlift, and he weighs about 150. At 11 years old.
You guys need to broaden your perspective. Sprinters are not thick. Kenny Patterson is thick. Ronnie Coleman is thick.
However, the original point of this thread is well taken, comparitavely speaking sprinters are much much more muscular than marathoners and the reason for it (other than genetic predisposition, how many white sprinters are there?) is the way they train. If you want to be thicker and more massive, train for it.
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