What would be a good sprinter weight lifting workout?

Does anyone know what would be a good lifting routine for a sprinter that is doing 100m and 200m dashes? And should i focus more on lower body lifts or upper body?|||This is what my track team does.


We do dead lifts 3 sets of 3 lifts


we focus on the hip flexers(sp)


calf raises and the opposite


we bench press,


and on the bench press we also do squats


we jump over benches that are in a row to work on explosiveness.











atleast thats what i do :)|||Chris,





I would imagine a lower body work out, like squats, would help you with your sprints. Of course, you'd probably want to use low weight and perform more repititions (reps). This would be opposed to using heavy weight and few reps.





However, I recommend looking over a few running magazines. I also suggest keeping an open mind and experimenting to find out what works for you. Good luck!!|||do light to medium weights rapidly


work on lower body


it also helps to do weightless calf raises rapidly