Lifting weights

do any of u lift weights? if so what do you do? i'm gonna lift during this winter to get stronger for track

I workout a lot in the off season. During the season I tone it down. It's better to do endurance lifting of more reps less weight if you're looking to use it to improve. Hard lifting isn't bad, but if you continuously do it, it can hurt your season and running a lot.

i workout every night from 9 to 10
i dont do any hard core lifting, its more like core for 1 hr
i start off with 50 fifteen pound curls both arms
rest 2 min
then 25 more
after that i use one of those bench bar (bout 40 pounds) and i like lift it with my arms extended out while on my back
so it looks like im bench pressing and i lift my legs (closed togther) and touch the ends of the bars
i do 50 reps of these (2 touches in 1 rep)
2 min rest
classic cruches 100reps
2 min
plank 3 minutes
30 sec
side ways plank 3 minutes
30 sec
the other side plan 3 minutes
2 min
siccors 30 rep
2 min
30 push ups followed right away with 20 bench presses of 40 pounds (just the bar lol)
2 min
30 push up and 20 bench again
2 min
tricept workout its hard to explain
i finish the workout with stretching

I don't lift much in xc and not at all in track but in swimming I lift once a week.

I do it alot in the off season, but only like 3 sets of 13-16 (so like endurance lifting) I just got back from the gym actually, but I maybe lift once or twice a month during season.

I do really really light endurance lifting once in a while (maybe once a week?), I'll just take super light weights like 5 pounds and do 100 bicep curls, and then a bunch of shoulder stuff (don't remember the names of them). I do core every day, except two days prior to a race.

I just do pushups and crunches. Sometimes I'll do bicep curls.

^same here. and some pull ups too.

just core work

i do core, sometimes some pushups

but i havn't done pushups the last month or so because i broke my wrist in 3rd grade, and apparently it didn't heal correctly


i suppose i could try to do 1 handed ones...hmm...

All the great coaches such as Kellog,Lydiard and Hatt all opposed weight lifting. So do the kenyans and they kick are ass so I don't do it and i'm off fine. Waste of energy go run.

i do core like 3 times a week...im to lazy to do it more than that

JK Runs wrote:All the great coaches such as Kellog,Lydiard and Hatt all opposed weight lifting. So do the kenyans and they kick are ass so I don't do it and i'm off fine. Waste of energy go run.

haha, good thing tracko isn't here anymore.

yes, a lot of east africans do lift.

and yes, it will help you.

we hit the weight room two to three times a week and we do core two to three times a week.

i don't feel like typing out all of the exercises though lol.

I lift alot (especially in the summer) because im skinny and I need to get bigger for basketball season. I don't lift during the xc season though, unless er have an off week.

JK Runs wrote:All the great coaches such as Kellog,Lydiard and Hatt all opposed weight lifting. So do the kenyans and they kick are ass so I don't do it and i'm off fine. Waste of energy go run.

It helps you not get injured =/ (at the least)

If you do it once or twice a week it isnt going to hurt you (depends on ... stuff. though) hah

gett it??

Yea, the reason why I have patella tendonitis is that my quads were not strong enough and once they get weak enough from the load of practice the pressure goes all to the knees and that's what fucked it up. Now I have to do twice a week straight quad workouts.

I lift year round, 2-3 days a week DURING season, and then 3-4 days a week during the off-season.
Usually just the regular core stuff like bench, squats, and power cleans...then if we have time we do the extra things that other people have mentioned.

What are the best core routines you guys do on your own?
Right now I do Regular crunches, bicycles, obliques, leg lifts, and plank, and sometimes i still dont feel it much...am i just getting stronger or what? I do them 4 days a week