Incline runs & muscle building
Odin01
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If a person were to do sprints of 7 mph at incline 15% for one minute every 3 minutes (30 minutes total), would it be safe to say that over time they’d eventually have great muscle activation?
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7 mph? That's a slow jog.
Not fast enough.
If you're looking for hypertrophy you'd need to sprint all-out for short time periods like 10 sec.
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Distance runner vs. sprinter...
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Good point.
What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Is someone mesomorphic because they do sprints or are they good at sprints because they are mesomorphic.
Has there ever been a skinny high level sprinter? Yes. Carl Lewis.
Likewise for high level ectomorphic marathoners. Has their ever been a high level fat marathoner? Doubtful.
Carl Lewis...
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Good point.
What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Is someone mesomorphic because they do sprints or are they good at sprints because they are mesomorphic.
Has there ever been a skinny high level sprinter? Yes. Carl Lewis.
Likewise for high level ectomorphic marathoners. Has their ever been a high level fat marathoner? Doubtful.
Carl Lewis...
um, pretty sure he was also proven to have done steroids??2 -
Good point.
What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Is someone mesomorphic because they do sprints or are they good at sprints because they are mesomorphic.
Has there ever been a skinny high level sprinter? Yes. Carl Lewis.
Likewise for high level ectomorphic marathoners. Has their ever been a high level fat marathoner? Doubtful.
Carl Lewis...
I'm sure there are genetic components (of course). And I agree with you that sprinting helps you sprint better. The sprinter in the photo is strong in his entire body - that's what jumped out to me. He looks lean, but with a good amount of muscle mass. No way he looks that way though without strength training of some kind - even if it's body weight (and of course the mass would come from eating enough to have it).2 -
Silentpadna wrote: »Good point.
What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Is someone mesomorphic because they do sprints or are they good at sprints because they are mesomorphic.
Has there ever been a skinny high level sprinter? Yes. Carl Lewis.
Likewise for high level ectomorphic marathoners. Has their ever been a high level fat marathoner? Doubtful.
Carl Lewis...
I'm sure there are genetic components (of course). And I agree with you that sprinting helps you sprint better. The sprinter in the photo is strong in his entire body - that's what jumped out to me. He looks lean, but with a good amount of muscle mass. No way he looks that way though without strength training of some kind - even if it's body weight (and of course the mass would come from eating enough to have it).
You are right. All of these guys have routines both on the track and off the track to maximize their abilities. Hell, even pro-golfers are lifting to help support their game.3 -
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Silentpadna wrote: »Good point.
What came first? The chicken or the egg?
Is someone mesomorphic because they do sprints or are they good at sprints because they are mesomorphic.
Has there ever been a skinny high level sprinter? Yes. Carl Lewis.
Likewise for high level ectomorphic marathoners. Has their ever been a high level fat marathoner? Doubtful.
Carl Lewis...
I'm sure there are genetic components (of course). And I agree with you that sprinting helps you sprint better. The sprinter in the photo is strong in his entire body - that's what jumped out to me. He looks lean, but with a good amount of muscle mass. No way he looks that way though without strength training of some kind - even if it's body weight (and of course the mass would come from eating enough to have it).
You are right. All of these guys have routines both on the track and off the track to maximize their abilities. Hell, even pro-golfers are lifting to help support their game.
So are curlers these days. *kitten*, some are even doping
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