Mark Rippetoe: Coaching the Powerclean

add deadlift for lower back. Do also an exercise for your core, maybe with swissball or something. And most sprinters look to have some heavy chests? So maybe you just should do the Rippetoe programm? : D

thanks for the info, but if you read my latest comment i do say i do very heavy deadlift with my squats and powercleans now.
everybody is responding to my oldest comments because utube has the newer comments placed lower on the screen

but yeah, sprinters do need to be pretty jacked, i already have a really great lifting program.

i might do some swissball excercises like you mentioned

How's it goin Joe. Yeah, I was thinking after I walked away from that post, incorperating lifting with sprints might be tricky. You definitely have the right idea, never ever ever ignore back. That's so damn important so props to you. If your diet is in check(eating a shit ton to support your anabolic, testosterone induced activities haha) then I can understand how squat/deadlifts can be done same day with ample recovery plus lots of rest and water. Do drink lots of water. Muscles are 35% water.

Frag, through my experiences and readings, if you're doing lifts like deadlifts, squats, cleans, push press, and snatches, I would say core work would be a bit redundant in that those big compounds(especially deads) murder your core. In terms of hitting core work a couple weeks before the beach, I'd say go for it, but in terms of practical use, I wouldn't really worry about it. It couldn't hurt, but let that be your last stressor of the day haha.

Yes but Rippetoe says you can add a core exercise twice a week after your first week of the Rippetoe training. It's important because it helps for you to be able to do a bigger lifts :)
I make a lot of improvement, even by 10kgs every time I do the deadlift :) On all exercises I make every work-out a new PR ;)

Yeah. I could see how that would be helpful. Adding a stimulus to any part of the body that is rarely trained will make it grow. But you must agree, compound lifts dominate! haha. Thanks for the polite responses. That's a rarity on this site! :)

Joe, I would say that they're complimentary to each other. Your squats focus predominately on quads and the cleans place a large focus on hams. It's good to work muscles that are antagonistic to one another.

ok, since asking that question i have been doing this. squatting, deadlifting and doing powercleans all on the same day for 5 hard sets each. sound good?

Hey Joe. I'd spreed the big lifts( i.e squats and deadlifts) apart from each other. Overtraining on a particular muscle group can lead to DOMS. Also, your nervous system can't really keep up with overtraining, plus recovery is vital for the big muscle groups like your glutes and quads. Generally a day for me(i do full body 3 days a week plus anabolic cardio like sprints on the off days.) would be
Monday: Squats, cleans, back, bench, and maybe some isolations sprinkled in.

well here is the issue though. i am a sprinter first, and i dont want to and physically cant sprint on off days. it would hurt my running and never give my legs rest

right now i do and have to do leg lifts on sprint days. i lift a couple hours after sprinting to allow recovery. then i do squats, deadlifts, and powercleans. this is the only way i can fit those lifts in. i dont do very heavy powercleans btw, but i do go very heavy and intense on the squats and deads