Hugh Gellatts
New member
"This questions probably more for the training board but, to promote a speed increase what lifts should you do to help with fast twich muscle fibers...?"
sprinters generally center their training around the olympic lift variations and full squats. Your best bet is to learn these from someone who knows their stuff, as you need alot of feedback on technique. If you are focussing on speed for track (as opposed to speed for football) it would be best to drop upperbody work down to a bare minimum. Since all sprinters are gifted with mostly fast-twitch muscle it is very easy for them to add on too much muscle mass where it is not needed. I know this is what messed up my track performance in college.
Also: most guys periodize their training from general strength to more sprint specific strength.
I improved my vert and block starts more from focussing on OL than from those strength shoe things. While plyo's have their place, they work alot better with a proper speed-strength base.
sprinters generally center their training around the olympic lift variations and full squats. Your best bet is to learn these from someone who knows their stuff, as you need alot of feedback on technique. If you are focussing on speed for track (as opposed to speed for football) it would be best to drop upperbody work down to a bare minimum. Since all sprinters are gifted with mostly fast-twitch muscle it is very easy for them to add on too much muscle mass where it is not needed. I know this is what messed up my track performance in college.
Also: most guys periodize their training from general strength to more sprint specific strength.
I improved my vert and block starts more from focussing on OL than from those strength shoe things. While plyo's have their place, they work alot better with a proper speed-strength base.