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400M training

  • 03-10-2017 11:03am
    #1
    BigKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭


    Can you run a 400 in the low 50’s (seconds) by using body weight instead of going to the gym?


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  • #2
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    BigKid wrote: »
    Can you run a 400 in the low 50’s (seconds) by using body weight instead of going to the gym?

    If you are very talented, you can run sub 50 without gym work!

    It's irrelevant though. To get the best out of your talent (whether that's 45, 50, 55, 60 seconds or above) you should be lifting weights in the gym.


  • #3
    BigKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭BigKid


    Is this the case with middle distance or just sprinters?


  • #4
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    BigKid wrote: »
    Is this the case with middle distance or just sprinters?

    I assume by the title of the thread you are asking about 400m training?

    The 400m is a sprint. An endurance sprint, but a sprint all the same.


  • #5
    BigKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭BigKid


    Chivito550 wrote: »
    I assume by the title of the thread you are asking about 400m training?

    The 400m is a sprint. An endurance sprint, but a sprint all the same.

    Sorry I meant do you think gym work is a must for 800/1500 runners too?


  • #6
    Chivito550
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,697 ✭✭✭Chivito550


    BigKid wrote: »
    Sorry I meant do you think gym work is a must for 800/1500 runners too?

    I would say so personally. Sure Mo Farah squats in the gym and he's a 5000/10000 runner.


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