I weigh about 125. One leg 1/4 squats with 275 pounds.
TheETG applied sport sciences……Strength training.
During the running stride, the foot is on the ground for only a short period of time.
You need to be able to produce a high level of force during the short period of time that the foot is on the ground.
The rate and amount of force production is kind of important in our sport. The rate and amount of force production increases with the rate and intensity of electrical signals from the brain, down the transmission lines [nerves], to the muscles. The more force you can produce while your foot is on the ground during the running stride, the faster you can run.
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Real strength is about the brain and nervous system, -not- muscle mass.
That’s the mechanism by which a guy at the 1996 Olympic Games set a world record in the clean and jerk…..nicknamed “pocket Hercules” due to weighing only 140 pounds he lifted 412 pounds off the floor and brought it to his chest, then pressed it over his head. Shaolin monks from China were touring the U.S.. One of them weighing 160 – 180 pounds did a hand stand using only his index fingers. Strength and power are about the brain and nervous system, not muscle mass.
Real strength is about the brain and nervous system, -not- muscle mass.
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Mechanisms Of Developing Strength & Power…….
Muscles don’t move without being told to do so.
To be told to do so, they have to be sent an electrical signal.
This signal tells them how much force to produce and how quickly to produce it. The brain sends these signals down its transmission lines [ie. nerves]

out to the muscles.
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The mechanisms of performance in our sport are conceptually contained in the following questions;
1. How much force can you produce [Strength]
2. How quickly can you produce a high level of force [Power]
3. How long can you keep that going [Endurance]
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Focus on brain and nerve -not- muscle mass. Biggest is not always strongest.
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Strength via the brain and nervous system.
If you train it you will have it. If you don’t, you won’t.
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TheETG training program —–
https://theetgtrackclub.com/documents/TheETGMasterOfSport.pdf