66.6% stronger wrote:
Um, distance runners can sprint. I would bet it all that an elite MALE distance runner could leg press more (either one rep or 10) than an out of shape, fat, 5'9" female tennis player.
Didn't you see the 66% difference in leg press between the male and female weight lifting champions?
so much wrong with your "analysis".
1) as I already pointed out, sprint speed doesn't = squat ability. It definitely shows potential for squat ability (fast twitch), but doesn't automatically translate at all (see what Wariner used to squat. Not much)
2) Rupp has good speed for a DISTANCE RUNNER. In the big scheme of things, he isn't that fast. When I was absurdly skinny 10th grader in HS I could almost split 50.x on the relay, and I had quads the size of most people's forearms. I guarantee you that even after a month of squat training back then, I wouldn't have been doing much at all. But my speed wouldn't have far off of Rupp's. Furthermore, Rupp is trained 99% to be a SLOW-TWITCH athlete. This doesn't translate to a big squat in any way shape or form. You really think Absel Kiprop, who is much faster than Rupp, could squat a lot?? I bet he has trouble with the 135.
3) if you want to talk about which takes more power, and which is more likely to translate to a good squat, being able to, in the blink of an eye, explode 4 steps to your right and then immediately jump high in the air to complete a smash at the net vs running a decent 100m with a running start, guess what, the former is a much more explosive/power movement than the latter.
4) yes, the strongest male LIFTERS are a lot stronger than the strongest female LIFTERS. But we are comparing a distance running man vs a tennis playing woman who happens to be HUGE. Different comparison entirely. There are so many power trained women (lifters, throwers, heptathletes, etc) who aren't even that big that could crush 99.9% of male distance runners in lifting, it is not even funny.
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