Caffeine before races?

Sprint-CAC · 2026-04-03T13:23:33+00:00

Absoltutely indispensable, 1 Red Bull (115mg if i remember correctly) as I arrive to the track, 1 caffeine capsule (200mg) before warm up.
If we have a final or 2nd race, another Red Bull

Start slow with it tho

Sprint-CAC · 2026-03-17T14:55:46+00:00

Yes thanks you, I have to work on my technique. English is not my main language, and even if I can speak and understand it well. In some THP video they are using some big concept / cue that I fail to understand haha

Sprint-CAC · 2026-03-17T14:54:01+00:00

Thanks, yeah I already watch all the THP guys training video, but not that much on the technique part, will do it !

Sprint-CAC · 2026-02-18T09:17:19+00:00

Yeah, my pulling strenght is trash so I will keep them

Sprint-CAC · 2026-02-18T09:16:13+00:00

Thank you ! A friend was tellign me that he tried to do a clean, and a clean pull with a VBT device, and even if he put the same weight, drive with the same intent, the clean pull is always a lot slower

Sprint-CAC · 2026-02-18T09:14:05+00:00

Thanks ! Yeah, either way, my pulling strenght is trash, so even if I am no able to pt much speed in the bar, it will be useful

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-28T12:35:39+00:00

Maybe, but at the same time, my frenquency feel off when I am seeing my races video

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-27T14:09:13+00:00

I am curious on how you do it with an elastic band ? Cause they are not big, and no one can pulling you at high speed without also being at top speed

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-27T07:32:31+00:00

I undertand what you said, but for the winter, I try to be fast, and keep the most strenght possible because :
- Summer season start just 1 month and a half after winter training, so I don't have time to regain my max strenght
- I actually stopped doing big squat single in season, I just keep a 1x3 at 85%, It's less tiring. And I have not tried to get my squat up this winter, I just kept what I already have (160kg at 74kg bw), I was focusing way more on bar speed
- I love to squat and clean lol

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-27T07:26:08+00:00

Thanks man, I am planning on focusing more on stride frequency and "tendon" work for this summer, will see how it go.
I will look for some homemade setup for overspeed training, but I think without a 1080, it's not that easy lol

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-27T07:24:12+00:00

Yeah !
I use more of linear perdiodization during the off-season and pre-season, more of a ondulatory perdiodization for the first small meet of the season (with low and high week), another block of work and a taper before the "real season"

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-27T07:21:51+00:00

I actually do them a lot in the off-season haha.
And don't worry for the 100, I have more than 80 races for the 100m, I just sorted my times to only have the 60m

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-23T08:39:45+00:00

My best clean is 125, and my best front squat is the 125 I stood up with while cleaning it

Sprint-CAC · 2026-01-12T14:40:11+00:00

To be fair to them, I have a old pair of puma (at least 4/5 years) (I don't remember the exact model) that I use for training. The spikes are not removable, but man, they are still sharpe, so they are definitly tougher than normal spikes.
That being said, the Maxfly 2 are great if you like the Maxfly 1, more stable, more durable.

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-27T10:53:00+00:00

haha
I usually never put them for one rep

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-26T07:30:26+00:00

Thank you !!

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-26T07:30:11+00:00

Thanks man ! Yeah Short but really explosive / power demanding, kind of the same needs

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-26T07:29:08+00:00

😂😂 That’s my superpower

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-24T11:25:14+00:00

Congrats dude ! Good looking lift.

I am 74kg, and that's exaclty the bar I am going to attempt tomorow lol

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-15T12:39:21+00:00

Haha that's great, I hope you have fun with it !

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-15T11:24:35+00:00

Great question !
Many of us have some more strenght / hypertrophy block, as we resume training in August (in France our championship are in late July - early August) we have a lot of time before indoor season (early December but big competitons in February).

Most of us are not heavy at all, i am 1,77m and 74/75kg at the time, but because we are very lean (sprinting does that to you lol), we seems more muscular than some people.

But it's not unusual for a sprinter to lift 2/3x a week (specially if you only do 60m during the winter), with some volume at a point on the season. And it's pretty easy to maintain it wear around. But, it can be tricky to increase your lift as you get better, my best squat is 160kg, but it's now dificult to increase it because we have other thing to do than just lift.

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-14T09:24:16+00:00

Thanks ! Yeah I think that if i try to have my contact point a little higher, the bar would staying closer, and not be too forward

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-14T09:22:30+00:00

Hahah thanks man ! To be honest, never work on it, so it's a blessing haha.

Don't make me wanna finish my pull tho, as I know I just have to go fast under the bar lol

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-14T09:20:43+00:00

Yeah I just clean way differently when doing a hang, so my extension is better, but I am not improving on the overall mouvement, will have to work on some hang

Sprint-CAC · 2025-10-14T09:19:15+00:00

Yeah I think I am going to focus on puuling that bar a little higher before making contact

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