I am now working out three times a week, alternating chest, back, and arms/abs. I am not doing legs because I am doing High Intensity Cardio (sprints) 3 times a week so I assume leg training would destroy my sprints (or vice versa).
Does anyone have an opinion on whether this is fine or detrimental to bodybuilding? Can you substitute leg training for sprints?
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04-21-2011, 09:55 PM #1
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You can do stuff like that to a certain point and still progress fast, adding more volume isn't necessarily going to lead to more progress and will most likely just unnecessarily tax your CNS and possibly even impede progress.
Cut down on the volume of sprints and add in leg weight training.
All the pro sprinters never got there from sprinting alone. Now, I'm not saying you're going for that (to become a pro sprinter) but point being doing some stuff like squats, full cleans, power cleans etc IN ADDITION to sprinting going to improve your ability to sprint more than doing a ton of just high volume sprints.
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04-22-2011, 01:01 AM #10
It will be hard at first, but if you are capable of doing heavy squats and cardio in the same session, then whenever you do sprints without the leg workout your sprints will be even better
I don't know if you're in track or something, but let's say you got a meet in a month. If you work out your legs 3 weeks before, then have a week off but you're still practicing your running, your legs will be stronger than before and you will be fresh for your meet. And more leg strength=more explosive sprints-Voted Gary Johnson in 2012 and Doing it Again 2016-
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I am a track runner, and do sprinting. I also squat though. You can do sprints 2-3 times a week, and still be able to squat. Just don't sprint a day or two after you squat. Well, you can, but at first it would be physically difficult to sprint, and then it may hamper squat progression. But it may even help, who knows, try it out.
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04-22-2011, 07:47 AM #14
If you want to be a sprinter, then focus on your sprints and add in whatever leg training you feel you can do that will help (or at least not hinder) that goal.
If you want to develop your legs for hypertrophy, then lift like a bodybuilder and let the sprints fall where they may.
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04-22-2011, 03:42 PM #23
But it is weight training Just not very heavy. You made the best point about the many reps done in a lot of sprints.
Of course if someone was sprinting up a hill dragging a sled they might not make it too many steps.
They could, but it's not definite. There are some guys who with huge legs who are great squatters who don't sprint too well. I don't think it's specific enough. Sort of like that whole 'bench press for punch' meme.
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