SPEED BY A THOUSAND SPRINTS
HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE TAP into other sports for inspiration? Is crossover really a thing or just a distraction? What...
... can we learn from runners?
Arguably the oldest sport.
Specifically, sprinters.
Like the great Carl Lewis who has stated publicly...
... I never did weight training?
Whaaaaaaat?!
As I rolled out for another sprint session last night, I wondered...
- on bike power > in gym power
- sport specific work > isolated muscles
- demands of controlling the chaos of sprinting > the danger of incorrect form with heavy weight
... is my intuition doing me right?
After many 5-20 second all out efforts,
I racked up 18 minutes above VO2 max,
nearly 13 minutes in the Neuromuscular range.
Leaving not wiped out, but a massive dopamine high...
- on the MTB
- sprint vicious
- descend with joy
... because those sprints were spaced out with fun.
If it works for an Olympian and World Record setter like Carl...
... maybe it'll help us Rip On RaceDay.
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166.8 lbs (yikes!)
680 anti-oxidant level
8.5 hours sleep
√ Upper Body: 75 push ups, 15 pull ups, gripper, heel & toe raises
no Lower Body: split squats, step ups
709/74/5 per Strava
https://www.strava.com/athletes/10248