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Old 09-02-2006, 02:35 PM
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i play football and am a wide reciever. i need SPEED. im pretty fast but the faster the better!...DOES SQUATING GIVE YOU SPEED? AND IF SO SHOULD I DO HIGH REPS LOW WEIGHT?....OR SHOULD I DO LOW REPS HIGH WEIGHT?...im 6 feet, 150 pounds, 14 years old...

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Old 09-02-2006, 02:59 PM
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Sure, squatting helps, but that alone isn't going to make a dramatic increase. For squats I would keep the reps low and go ATG to recruit the other muscles. Lunges are another good one for explosive speed.

There are other things though that are just as important, if not more important for increasing speed. Plyometrics for example. How advanced is the gym at your school? You can do sled running, uphill running, parachute running, as well as other things.........

Since you are only 14, I would get your coach invovled for whatever it is you end up working on. You wanna make sure you do the sh1t correctly.
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^^he is correct.

Squats will build muscle, and muscle will help, but if you really want straight-line speed and agility, you are not gonna get it by simply lifting weights. You need to work on sprints, plyometrics, "dot-drills," and other speed-specific training.
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Old 09-02-2006, 08:12 PM
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travis - where the hell are you in Ohio? I'm in the Dayton area.......
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Hey man, Im a wide receiver aswell. Basically just try and stay cut and practice running. When I was in high school I joined all the running teams. It really helps your speed. Squats help too, but don't just assume that doing squats will make you faster.
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I am surprised that none of you guys mentioned the end-all for leg training! RUN THE BLEACHERS! I use to run (and I hated every step) the stadium at the University of Maryland. SUCKED!
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I am surprised that none of you guys mentioned the end-all for leg training! RUN THE BLEACHERS! I use to run (and I hated every step) the stadium at the University of Maryland. SUCKED!
lol - he is only 14 man! save that crazy ass torture until he is a few years older......
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lol - he is only 14 man! save that crazy ass torture until he is a few years older......
@ 14 I doubt that he will be running stadiums but even our cross country team and basketball team in high school ran bleachers. Geez! Torture would be adding 75 pounds of sand to his bleacher runs!
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Squating gives you great power for of the mark acceleration. Squat a lot and you'l leave fellows eating grass
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lol just sprint for 40 seconds with weights in a backpack and do a lot of repititions, then go jump roping, then go swimming, BAM you're fast as ****. it helped me a lot, it should help you.
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lol just sprint for 40 seconds with weights in a backpack and do a lot of repititions, then go jump roping, then go swimming, BAM you're fast as ****. it helped me a lot, it should help you.
The sprinting sounds class man. Ya i can see how this would help
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Do low rep squats to increase your power and high rep explosive squats to increase your acceleration and speed.
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lol just sprint for 40 seconds with weights in a backpack and do a lot of repititions, then go jump roping, then go swimming, BAM you're fast as ****. it helped me a lot, it should help you.
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lol - like he is going to respond, "Why, yes I am a troll".
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squating does help speed though, i've been doing it. but just running with weights is probably the best way lol.
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Buy a weight vest and sprint with it on. ANd pay close attention to your technique when doing weighted sprints.
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running is 90% form in my opinion....weight train your legs however you want without worrying about speed...after your leg workout get out side or in an open place in the gym and work on quick feet drills (ie running through speed ladders, doing "dances" through speed ladders....its what the pro's do for speed
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running is 90% form in my opinion....weight train your legs however you want without worrying about speed...after your leg workout get out side or in an open place in the gym and work on quick feet drills (ie running through speed ladders, doing "dances" through speed ladders....its what the pro's do for speed

form is very important as with anything. but if you focus soley on legs for speed then you will not get everything you can. have a look at the size of olympic sprinters, they got huge upper body as well as lower body. you pump your arms while you run, so don't forget about that either.

i'm not sure about your football positions and whats required but try and gear your speed training around what kind of speed your after. theres the small distance sprints, 10-40m or so, or the longer sprints such as 100m.

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Buy a weight vest and sprint with it on. ANd pay close attention to your technique when doing weighted sprints.
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interval training like HIIT with random sprints, plyometrics, increased cardiovascular and anaerobic endurance are very important also.
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best exercise ive ever done for speed and explosiveness was running with a weight sled behind me...it did AMAZING things for me!!!! i added like 8 inches on my vert. too in like 3 months
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