Yohan Blake Weight Lifting Clips

Unedited clips from Olympic 200 silver medalist Yohan Blake doing a gym workout in Jamaica.
*Only a short clip from each exercise, not the entire workout.

[@MrBwench]

Remember peeps Yohan is training specific for a sprint athlete and not for bodybuilding. The aims of his workouts would be to build explosive power as well as improve on his fast twitch muscle fibres. You notice how he does fast reps and on some of the exercises (leg press for example) he only goes half way which is great for building explosive power. Yes his upper half is huge compared to his lower half but having big muscular quads and calfs would slow him down dramatically.

[@raylight234]

+Marcus “MG” Grant Yes, heaving MORE strength will give him LESS power. Bright conclusion!

[@MrBwench]

raylight234 go do your research on this style of training.

[@cas4306]

+M G Nice to see someone else who actually knows what they're talking about.

[@stormspinner9000]

Incorrect. Sprinters do train with compound movements except they aren't in a caloric surplus so they don't get so much bulk. They definitely wanna build some muscle though but they do this by training only once or twice a week max and keeping the volume pretty low. They mostly focus on sprinting all year round but depending on the type of periodization they use, they have training periods where they mostly focus on sprinting and plyometrics and other phases where they focus on stength building by lifting heavier weights. They do do full squats, but half squats and even quarter squats work better because they are more joint angle specific for sprinting.

[@MrBwench]

stormspinner9000 Incorrect? what? Never said they don't do compound exercises?

[@kylewattssurfing3266]

Thxxxxx for sharinggg!!!!!

[@nightnurse4352]

Gwarn yohan work it your in our prayers 🙏

[@Cheema0113]

i`ve noticed that sprinters don`t go full range of motion. also noticed that boxers don`t go full range when benching.

[@Shennyqua]

It's to keep constant tension and focus on explosive quicker movements

[@MrMultifunc]

Cheema0113 they're just focusing on the final phase of the movement, that explosive capability to push off

[@asarta703]

think about the motion f sprinting, your legs dont bend much bast 35 degrees gie or take, so low squats would build strength in the lower range of the movement which also happens to be your quads

[@m.d.sharpe8892]

6:19 very good exercise for sprinters

[@matthewkaram9615]

Yessir

[@earnestaksion5302]

Most underrated exercise

[@DG-EditsMediaEtc]

Good exercise in general IMO

[@kaese7650]

6:05 m, How can I do it at gym?

[@JDoubleT1]

Where did you collect these clips from? is it from a documentary or anything?

[@letsrundotcom]

www.letsrun.com/news/2014/03/jamaica-day-3-hanging-yohan-blake-warren-weir-calabar-high-school-plus-1am-run-kingston/

[@rasmuskarlsson877]

Anyone who knows how many reps these guys doing on their exercises?

[@singhambaghel4971]

thanks ji sprintar very nice

[@MyJackel13]

impressive leg press

[@Simeonov22]

How much time he Run before start the weight training?

[@Simeonov22]

And how much sets and reps in each exercises?

[@PM__harper]

id say about 10 minutes. you just want to be warm, before i start my training i try to break a sweat on the treadmill

[@PM__harper]

Ivailo Simeonov its almost like bodybuilding. 3 sets, 10-12 reps. but instead of focusing on only one muscle group, your hitting all within that hour.......or 2. focus on sprinter movements.

[@Simeonov22]

Phillip Harper Thanks! One last question. How many times per week sprinters do weight training?

[@PM__harper]

2 to 3 times a week depending on how fast you recover!

[@caninho1]

imagine these guys as soccer players. best of all

[@thequetzalcoatl2287]

They would've been stupidly athletic that's for sure lol. They'd definitely have to develop the rest of their game though and get better technically. But idk soccer tbh im talking out my ass hahaha

[@jamesmbouende-poutcheu1369]

@@niamhoconnor8986 definitely not

[@TH-du8nc]

a lot of sprinters think they can play soccer cause they can run fast in a straight line... soccer has a lot of fast changes in speed in different directions which is a quite different than sprinting... also footwork with the ball would be nonexistent in a sprinter....

[@-thomas--1995]

Nice

[@usainblake9167]

3.22 what is this machine called can someone tell me pls?

[@logendran4394]

Usain Blake it's the leg presser

[@WithBACON]

It's a single-leg glute extension machine. A very poorly designed machine; one is better off using a Nautilus Hip & Back machine or focusing on the bottom portion of a leg press or squat.

[@Afrocanuk]

I find it amusing how the Americans continue to focus on Bolt when Blake have already matched their best & continues to be their present biggest threat.

[@valeristoimenov1985]

Hi is working hard. Not sure about the gloves.

[@flash26573]

WAIT A MINUTE..HOW MUCH DOES HE BACK SQUAT, AND POWER CLEAN???

[@FreestyleEAT]

Why are you asking this ?

[@flash26573]

Marco Gotze Because im trying to get better and would like to know what he does in the gym so that i can imitate

[@FreestyleEAT]

flash26573 yes but your question was how much he lift ?

[@flash26573]

yeah so that i could lift the same.

[@FreestyleEAT]

flash26573 Lol you must be strong as fuck for lift same as Blake

[@TheosThoughts]

what is the machine at 3:15 ?

[@blacktoise8866]

DUDE i was wondering the same thing. let me know if you've found out

[@jallalabadreturns]

blacktoise glute extension machine

[@danielcameron950]

+jallalabadreturns they must be very rare. I have never seen this machine in a gym before

[@goodebening6564]

1.26 what is he doing and what is it good for

[@CountOfWoodlands]

+Thierry Henry the legend it's good for targeting the butt. It's seems like an alternative version of the rear kick machine.

[@Mrwiseguy101690]

Who said half reps don't get you nowhere?

[@moaningpheromones]

shit i left my phone in the car. i'll be back in 9.79 seconds.

[@DannyHamar]

U back yet?

[@God-eu7tp]

@@DannyHamar he is with me

[@anilkumar400racer3]

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[@Rtrumpet1]

Why doesnt he go full range of motion when doin leg press. If he only goes 1/4 of the way, doesnt that mean its too heavy for him

[@14CJProductions]

Because when you sprint, your legs aren't parallel.

[@Rtrumpet1]

but when sprinting you pick your knee up. In the motion your leg does go higher than what they are doing in the video

[@14CJProductions]

when u are picking ur knee up u use ur hip flexors, its the opposite movement. Now when the leg comes down, in the direction that a squat or leg press goes, most of the power is created from the "quartersquat" position. Sorry if it sounds confusing, not very eloquent

[@Rtrumpet1]

Chang Jeong No I understood fully. I run track so I knew what you are saying. I just have been always bending 90degrees on leg press

[@charles125]

Chang Jeong That's true, and I see the value in that method. But at the same time you start from the blocks your leg is almost at a right angle. I'm sure he does both types. Because your hamstring become more involved when you go lower.

[@AL1KB1]

Awesome sprinter... But those socks???

[@steffenaabel2274]

those socks are cool!!!

[@BornToFLY92]

Oh, you thought he can run so fast because of the amount of training he does? You can't be a fast runner if you don't have socks like that. It's humanly impossible.

[@kingnaldo4058]

*Yohan* ruined his career when he decided to become a bodybuilder instead of a sprinter. *Yohan* allow the nickname of the beast that he trained with a real fervor get to his head. His weight lifting increases his weight from 175 to an (Alleged) current weight of 215 on a slender frame and tiny legs. That added weight not only made him extremely slower, but also more injury prone, as he suffered two devastating hamstring injuries 😢the latter injury caused the muscle to separate from the bone. He never regained that *2011/12* speed since then.... Sad indeed 😢

[@megageo5173]

Cope. Strength matters.

[@speedstreak914]

@@megageo5173 sprinters don't need that much strength.

[@Skerdae]

@@speedstreak914 of course they do lol. Elite Sprinters apply massive amounts of force into the ground. There is a cut off point where more strength won’t necessarily mean more power, but that’s quite high. I’d say most elite sprinters can probably squat in the 400s

[@speedstreak914]

@@Skerdae what I should have said was sprinters don't need that much muscular strength. If you have the strongest muscles with the weakest tendons, you're not going to move very fast.

[@arniemargretts8311]

@@speedstreak914 why’s re they the strongest of all athletes then

[@stanleearias1243]

4:25 where did that old man cone from lol

[@TheRealLegenDz]

Half reps

[@MrBwench]

When the goal is to build explosive power you don't do full reps.

[@YoungBaje010]

Marcus Grant your the only one that knows what your talking about lol these other people don't understand

[@cas4306]

+Nathan Lyttle Half rep...? He's a world class Sprinter, not a Gym Rat.

[@sardis11165]

The more I see this crappy workout, the more I think PED's are the reason he is fast.

[@gerard8791]

+sardis11165 Genetics and the real work is done on the track. This is just filler shit. Anything 'hardcore' would end up burning his CNS and slowing him down

[@alexbarsky5349]

+Gerard Kerin You can eat sand and do jumping jacks while on PEDs and compete well

[@gerard8791]

Genetics > PEDS

[@neoswordian91]

+sardis11165 You have to get out of the mindset that squats/deadlifts/cleans are perfect for sprinters. Specific hip flexor and extensor work, as shown in the video, is superior to those exercises for speed development.

[@stormspinner9000]

+neoswordian91 ehh squats and cleans are quite valuable for most sprinters. Especially cleans. They are a staple in nearly every sprinters training. Also squats don't have to be full squats and can instead be half or even quarter squats, where you can use a lot more weight and it's more joint ankle specific resulting in a better transfer. And this applies to advanced sprinters. Less experienced sprinters do use those exercises more often. For the advanced guys, a more specific program is required and those traditional movements won't help them as much because they are already elite.