dontchaknow

I'm very satisfied with my upper body workout and progress but my question is if I'm looking to build, get cut on my legs and build power to jump higher, should I be focused on doing squats or doing sprints instead? Currently, I can almost squat my own body weight but I've also started sprinting. Your thoughts would be highly appreciated.

huesoloco

You have to be one of the weakest guys I've ever heard of. You can almost squat your weight?

Im 20. 6'3'' 235 lbs. Want to get to 8% body fat, +315 bench, +500 squat, and reach a weight between 230-240.

P-funk

no.

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dontchaknow

Sorry, I counted wrong, I weigh in around 170ish and I'm squatting 185, lol. Anyone else? sprinting replacing squats?

P-funk

nope.

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dontchaknow

could you be more specific please?

P-funk

define your idea of a sprint workout (my idea of a sprint workout and your may be totally different).

also, squatting (or any lower extremity training) is important for sprinting in order to:

a) fix problems which may otherwise lead to injuries during sprinting.

b) increase strength and power to sprint faster

c) if you want to get "built" then you need to add lean tissue, which training the lower body will help with

d) jumping higher and gaining power don't happen magically. you need to know what to focus on (strength work, power work, flexibility work, etc....depending on what your limiting factor is) and then attack the problem.



In short, being more specific....you need to do more research and get a better understanding of what the hell you are doing because it sounds like you are shit at the wall and hoping something sticks.

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dontchaknow

So as far as I understand it, the difference between strength and power is that power has a time component. If I'm looking to get stronger but not bigger (even though I read its a byproduct) how should I be lifting in general? For example, when benching to get stronger but not bigger as a priority, should I just lift with very low reps?

Built

Nope. If you don't want to get bigger, you don't eat over maintenance.

KelJu

No.

Travis Bell

yeah, definatly can't give up squats. You can add in sprints and box jumps if you want, but your squat is really low for your body weight.

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JonnyStead

Thats a good bit of constructive advice - as I see it anyway.

I gotta say some of the replies on this thread and the forum in general recently, are unhelpful at best and pretty rude at worst. Particularly considering the person asking the question is likely new to all this.

Do we want to encourage new users or just set up a place ridicule those who either cant lift as much as the intermediates/experts or who happen to have a different opinion on something?

I'm 34 - when am I officially an old fart?

biggfly

I agree...sometimes answers are short, contrite, and irritable. As we think some questions etc. are "stupid" in our eyes, they are obviously here to learn and not be ridiculed. A little patience and doing away with the curt answers would prove this site a step above others. Huesoloco that was unnecessary, and there are better ways to word it if his squat was lacking, as Travis worded it.

KelJu

Well, link to the advice you posted to this question, so we can see a template for how to answer these questions.

biggfly

If one of us went into a Home Depot or whatever for example, and asked a few questions on say how to build a deck properly, and the clerk looked at us with a look and simply said "no" and that's it. Or said "you don't know what the hell you are doing" in a rude, short manner, or said " you have got to be one of the least capable men I have ever seen, can't even build a proper deck, pffff!" all of us would come f'ing unglued and want to tear their head off. If they approached us in a helpful manner, with constructive advice, we would have no issues. How is this site different, training isn't their field, so they ask, as say something like building isn't one of ours, but we wouldn't stand for being disrespected or having a lack of patience or tolerance in our quest for advice.

KelJu

Ok man, I know what you are saying. But, nobody here is getting paid. I didn't know shit when I came here, and yes I caught shit pretty hard until I read the stickies and learned enough to ask a reasonable question. No site has provided more quality information and quality training advice than this site. You have to learn the proper channels. There are some snobs here, but they are the snobs with the best information. Its just how it is.

biggfly

NO I totally hear you. I get that sometimes people just don't want to do the research, as P-Funk put it look some stuff up FIRST and exhaust your resources, then come asking. I am mostly referring to jerk off in the 2nd post basically insulting the guy. Its not so much how we answer the question, as opposed to how we should NOT answer the question, as what I am referring to. But I think you and I are on the same page.

JonnyStead

Thanks Bigfly - thats all I was trying to say too

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