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How much do sprint workouts really do for speed?
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:10 pm
Not asking to have Max’s legs but could Myles Brennan get a little more elusive in the pocket?
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Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:11 pm to MJforPrez
took me from a 4.5 to a sub 4.4 forty 
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:12 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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took me from a 4.5 to a sub 4.4 forty
Are you serious? You’re fast as frick.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:14 pm to MJforPrez
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How much do sprint workouts really do for speed?
There is a set limit on every persons body. Great athletes are born, not made. If you are built to run a 4.8 40, you aren't going to turn that into a 4.4 with any workouts.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:14 pm to MJforPrez
Well you don’t get faster by not running sprints. 
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:15 pm to MJforPrez
Sprint workouts do help reduce speed, however, it helps with explosiveness as well. Elusiveness will come from footwork drills as well as flexibility. Reduction in speed also comes from running with proper form.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:16 pm to RaginTXTiger
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Sprint workouts do help reduce speed
Well shite I hope our guys aren’t running sprints then
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:20 pm to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
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There is a set limit on every persons body. Great athletes are born, not made. If you are built to run a 4.8 40, you aren't going to turn that into a 4.4 with any workouts.
I figured as much, I just was hoping Myles could turn is 4.9 (estimate) to a 4.7 or so.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:23 pm to MJforPrez
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I figured as much, I just was hoping Myles could turn is 4.9 (estimate) to a 4.7 or so
You think LSU hasn't been doing everything to maximize the speed of players already?
Posted on 1/2/21 at 6:25 pm to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
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You think LSU hasn't been doing everything to maximize the speed of players already?
No doubt, was just curious.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 7:01 pm to oOoLsUtIgErSoOo
meh, you can run a lean diet and work sprint drills and weights to get your speed up
when i was a youngin going through a speed and strength program i went from the low 5's to a 4.8
when i was a youngin going through a speed and strength program i went from the low 5's to a 4.8
Posted on 1/2/21 at 7:11 pm to MJforPrez
Confucius says: "Man who runs fast can run even faster when chased by tiger."
Well, we have a tiger...
Well, we have a tiger...
Posted on 1/2/21 at 7:11 pm to MJforPrez
Sprint workouts aren’t for increasing speed as much as they are for conditioning. There are all sorts of different drills designed for speed.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 7:16 pm to DVinBR
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meh, you can run a lean diet and work sprint drills and weights to get your speed up
when i was a youngin going through a speed and strength program i went from the low 5's to a 4.8
I didn't say that it was impossible to train yourself to run faster. I'm saying that each individual has a max limit that they can reach, and that's it. It's also a pretty safe assumption that LSU is doing everything to maximize their players weight, speed, agility, conditioning, etc.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 7:48 pm to MJforPrez
I don’t do any and I’m slow, so there’s that.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 8:09 pm to mmcgrath
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Confucius says: "Man who runs fast can run even faster when chased by tiger."
Well, we have a tiger...
The mental image of this has me dying
Posted on 1/2/21 at 8:12 pm to MJforPrez
Of course you can improve your speed up to a point with training, but it doesn't all ways translate to football speed or elusiveness on the field.
Players do what they can to lower their 40 time so that they look good at the combine: a 4.6 guy might get his 40 time down to sub 4.5 to help his stock on paper, but does it really make him a better player?
Players do what they can to lower their 40 time so that they look good at the combine: a 4.6 guy might get his 40 time down to sub 4.5 to help his stock on paper, but does it really make him a better player?
Posted on 1/2/21 at 8:21 pm to MJforPrez
I’ve seen speed coaches work for teenagers since it’s usually muscularity and mechanics. But, if you don’t have fast twitch muscles, you probably won’t gain much speed.
Posted on 1/2/21 at 11:06 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
How much weight did you lose in between the .5 and the <.4?
Posted on 1/3/21 at 12:22 am to MJforPrez
Speed is a function of stride length and frequency. Training for explosiveness can increase efficiency of both, as long taught by speed experts like Tom Shaw, and even the late great "Boots" Garland.
Quickness and the ability to be elusive can be increased by drills but must be accompanied by a % of fast twitch muscles. THere is some research that some slow twitch can be converted to fast, but it is overwhelmingly genetic.
Quickness and the ability to be elusive can be increased by drills but must be accompanied by a % of fast twitch muscles. THere is some research that some slow twitch can be converted to fast, but it is overwhelmingly genetic.
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