Subject: RE: Strenght training? Strength training is good for health. It will, however, not help you in races compared to doing a s/b/r workout. Not even close. Do it for the health, but do not be under any illusion it's making you faster. This has been well proven, both at amateur and elite levels. There are no coaches that swap out lots of S/B/Rs for lots of strength training, even if you might be 'core-deficient'. It's ok to add a session, or if you're doing a lot of SBR, to supplement with it, but it will have minimal effect on your speed. I'm pretty strong when I'm in 'strength-mode' (15+ pullups, 1000+lbs leg press, 140% body weight bench press), and when I'm swapping only 2 SBRs for weights, I get signficantly slower despite feeling quite strong. It's not even close to debatable. |