Lifting interfering with speed?

[Swole_2112]

Has anybody here ever found that heavy lifting resists the development of their speed? If so, how did you get around it? Info appreciated. Cheers.

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I'm not advanced enough to make a personal judgement on this, but from what I understand you won't sacrifice speed so long as you remain flexible, don't become overly large, and train explosively. You can be quite big and still remain swift and fierce as ever by training explosively. Olympic lifts and sprints will surely help with this.

 

[Rex]

My cousin weighed in at 200 pounds when he went to baseball tryouts. They had a 50m dash, and he came in 3rd out of the whole group. The 2 guys who beat him weighed about 50 pounds less than he did.

He stretches a lot, and does sprints in addition to his weight training.

 

[Nickd40]

yes it does decrease speed by "lifting heavy" all the time. stretching does work but also wat u need to do is lift a little lighter to have more explosive lifts and do a little less reps. say u used to squat 3x10 do 3x7 or 6

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Riiight nick...

You will not lose speed by lifting heavy. Don't listen to that rubbish. Just make sure you do an explosive (or as explosive as possible) positive. Growths come from eccentrics anyway!

 

[TC2]

sigh..take this from an ex boxer...the bigger you get(even if its pure muscle) the slower you get.

You get bigger by lifting heavy so YES you will get slower.

 

[Judo Tom]

athletes should cycle there training and not exclusively lift heavy.

normally for an athlete the best type of lifting should focus on anaerobic conditioning and lactic acid clearing. (high rep low rest)

then speed and explosiveness (low rep olympic lifts)

strength (now some heavy work or back to the o lifts)

size (hst or whatever works for you)

if you warmup properly, stretch between sets, cool down / stretch at end of workout and cycle your lifting routine you will become faster stronger and more flexible.

good luck

 

[Nickd40]

athletes should cycle there training and not exclusively lift heavy.

normally for an athlete the best type of lifting should focus on anaerobic conditioning and lactic acid clearing. (high rep low rest)

then speed and explosiveness (low rep olympic lifts)

strength (now some heavy work or back to the o lifts)

size (hst or whatever works for you)

if you warmup properly, stretch between sets, cool down / stretch at end of workout and cycle your lifting routine you will become faster stronger and more flexible.

good luck

Thank you Tc2 and Judo tom thats exactly wat i was trying to say but im not to good at explaining myself sometimes.

 

[KOArtist]

"The Toms" have it right, lol. Heavy lifting won't really slow you down, as long as your lifting it fast too. Weight lifted, and time took to lift it, are BOTH important if youre trying to keep/increase speed. Sure, if you do slow ass heavy lifting constantly, you'll get bigger and slower. But a good mix of explosive OLY's and explosive/ballistic benches, squats, etc. will speed you up more than slow u down. Try some upper body plyometrics, such as clapping pushups, heavy bag "throws", med ball tosses, etc. Although his genetics play a big part, Mike Tyson is a great example of a guy that looks like an amateur bodybuilder, but has faster hands than a lot of middleweights. Yes, Tyson lifts, but like an athlete, not a bodybuilder, and his speed has only gotten better, it's just his technique that seems to have fallen apart for some reason. No more head movement, no more combos, etc. Okay, Im babbling now, peace