Weight Training

[RLDTF124]

Can too much weight training effect your running form and speed? For example me having to much muscle mass and is it slowing me down.Please Help.Im a junior in highschool,i weigh 144 my maxes in bench press(230),clean and snatch(225),and squat(270).Should i keep working out or decrease my workouts?

My PRs from last year.
100-10.7 Hand time(never really ran it in a meet)
200-22.6 FAT
400-50.02 FAT

[States]

hmm seems to me ur bench is good bur ur squat is decent .. though but u do use ur shoulders alot wen u run so ur bench is good .. i have the same problem

my prs are
100m - 11.2
200m- 23.4

but that was last year im alot faster now hopefully

[wingedsandals]

The only way to keep from developing too much muscle mass is to work on more reps with less weight to keep the muscles toned but not bulky. Just like the infomercials for workout tapes and their "long lean lines" from pilates. 20 reps with 10lbs instead of 10 reps with 20lbs will help balance it out for example.

[Spikes]

Having the muscle bulk will not help your times, though I am not sure how much it would slow down your times. The idea and aim of weight training should be for strength, not for bulk, and so as Winged said you should be making lots of repetitions rather than working on increasing weight. This will improve your edurance.

That said, this kind of training will help increase fast twitch muscle and that is what is needed for sprint. So you ultimately may have to find the best balance yourself.

[no_name]

How many times a week do you lift weights?? I'm talking about sprint now (100 meters)

Isn't it very easy to become very stiff or rigid after you have been lifting weights??

[ocfjumpscoach]

There is this myth that I can lift too much because I'll get too big and won't be able to run fast. Wrong. We've proved it wrong many times. Just keep a good balance of speed training and strength training and you'll be alright. Well as long as your doing it correctly. Add deadlifts, resistance speed training, and assisted speed training.