Lion Martinez: How To Sprint Correctly And Other Tips From The World's Fastest Human Over Age 45

Dec 29, 2023

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I am so excited to introduce the fastest human who has ever lived on the planet over age 45—world record holder in Masters 100 meters, Lion Martinez from Stockholm, Sweden!

Lion coaches a thriving group of other master sprinters and as you will soon hear in this show, has some novel and fascinating ideas on how to train for sprinting that destroys some of the misconceptions and notions we have misinterpreted about what it means to be a truly explosive athlete. You will learn important things like the natural and necessary tradeoff between training for endurance competency and training for true speed and explosiveness (newsflash: you can’t really do both), tidbits about the energy systems of the body and why we’re truly only capable of maintaining maxim explosive output for around 3.5 seconds (and can only maintain our top speed for 7-8 seconds), why sprinting is an art form, what happens when we exhaust the lactate pathways, how to improve your technique and become a master sprinter, and more!

TIMESTAMPS:

This show from the world’s fastest man over age 45 will be invaluable for any and all fitness enthusiasts. [00:43]

How do the times for today’s runners compare with the ancient Olympic records? [04:38]

What has changed with technology and training and recovery? [06:39]

The records in the Masters division have continually gone down. [09:30]

What is Lion’s athletic background that got him to this point? [12:01]

Competition is the beauty of the sport. [22:16]

What is the training like now? [25:57]

You can’t tell if you screwed up until you are further down the road. Recovery is very important. [29:38]

There are different types of fatigue or energy systems. [32:48]

Sprinting is unnatural for humans. The right technique is more complicated than just moving your legs. There’s a real science to it. [39:14]

It seems the goal of getting faster by doing sprints that are shorter and taking more rest might be less physically stressful and less breakdown when you’re talking about a training pattern. [52:47]

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