I hope he is managing well 
his HRT for this contest!
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To sum up everything that’s been mentioned in this thread so far…including Drew Baye’s leanness, aerobic conditioning, HIT and even Dr Ken…
I remember reading in “The Steel Tip”, Dr Ken’s memories of a man he knew, who he didn’t name, but he wrote about how lean, muscular and well conditioned this man was. Dr Ken attributed it to his strength training (hard and infrequent…HIT style) and the fact that he cycled everywhere. Now it wasn’t stated, but the implication was that it wasn’t spandex wearing, time trialling, competitive cycling, just basic commute cycling on an everyday kind of bike. Just to get from A to B. In the UK ( a much more walking friendly country…because everything is smaller and easier to get to, this would be akin to walking everywhere. Not specific “cardio” per se…but activity which we should all do. But it does help keep the weight off, surprisingly easily, if enough is done.
This tends to track with the notion that low intensity cardiovascular activity relies on fat as a fuel source, whereas moderate/high intensity relies on sugar. So many folks try to burn away fat with intensity and just end up burning through their glycogen stores, bonking, and then binging on carbs to replenish. As boring as the low intensity stuff is, it works.
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If it’s less than 150/wk, it is indeed HRT. There are no magical steroidal effects, just a return to the lower end of healthy levels. (I’m on 100/wk myself). The BBBs are using 400-600/wk.
Or more to win.
true, but that’s sure not Drew’s MO, if you try to debate with him, he blocks you, then calls you names behind your back in groups where he thinks you can’t see his posts anymore.
Not a great way to drum up support, clientele or make friends in the business, that’s for sure…
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that’s what I was thinking, I know about 5 people he’s verbally abused then blocked, maybe he just wants only his current worshipping clients…
High intensity intervals target glycogen stores. Intervals decrease glycogen stores significantly, and decrease blood serum glucose levels, increase mitochondria levels, increase lactate. Broken down glycogen (lactate) serves as an additional energy source to be processed by the Kreb’s cycle. This spares glucose in the serum , and glycogen in the muscles and liver from being processed further, all the while DECREASING hunger. This is good! Now you know one of the reasons sprinters are so ripped!
Is the other reason because the fat ones don’t tend to make it out of the high school leagues?
There are many reasons 
But political correctness be what it is, genetics (tendency to store fat) is a large factor in sprinting success.
Yeah, that’s the conclusion I’ve drawn as well. Kinda like thinking basketball makes you tall, haha.
Those pink shorts are an abomination.
Are sprinters ripped because sprinting itself is muscle building/anabolic, they lift weights and tend to be mesomorphs?
My query over glcogen stores etc is that sprint training is not hard on glycogen or fat stores.
Serious 100-200m runners typically train over distances of 20m to 150, rarely go hard above distance. So their running times are in the range of say 3-20 secs.
400m runners tend to max out at 300/350m, say 40 secs efforts.
Volumes are low with the above longer reps limited to a total of say 3. Shorter reps 4-6 efforts.
Recoveries are long, say 5-15 mins.
Anything below about 50m is alactic anaerobic.
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Putting the genetic aspect aside…
That is sprinters are generally born and not made…and that you can’t sprint to get a sprinters body, (or swim to get a swimmers body…or play basketball to reach 7 foot in height) which was what atp4U’s post kind of implied…
I fully agree with you that the training of a sprinter has absolutely NO cardio aspect, which is what atp4U was also implying. The HIIT that is promoted by “influencers” and regarded by the general public as “sprint training” is a fallacy. It bears no resemblance to the training of a sprinter, and as Lyle McDonald correctly points out, if anything probably compares better with “parts” of a middle distance runner’s training…and they aren’t overly impressive in the physique department.
Lyle McDonald concurs with your viewpoint Doddfrank…as do I.
Lyle gives examples of true sprint training in this article.
Doesn’t sound aerobic at all to me…
Research shows glycogen storage is depleted during intense cardio exercise
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Please stop putting words to other’s posts.
I was stating that high intensity exercise such as sprinting promotes lactate production, a fuel substance the human body can utilize in the Kreb’s cycle. This lactate compound has the potential to decrease hunger!
No more or less than that is what I implied!
“High intensity intervals target glycogen stores.”
“Now you know one of the reasons sprinters are so ripped!”
The implications were there…train like a sprinter to look like a sprinter. You MAY know your stuff…but the delivery could be better…often.
This also belies the fact that sprinters don’t do intervals as most ( who know about HIIT) would understand them. Definitely would not fall under any “cardio” banner.
This also puts to one side that sprinters mainly focus on weight training and power work and the “possible” drug use at the higher levels of the sport.
To use sprinters as a source to extol the benefits of cardio, of any intensity, was a massive own goal, as many don’t do anything that could be described as cardio…
“My query over glcogen stores etc is that sprint training is not hard on glycogen or fat stores.”
“Research shows glycogen storage is depleted during intense cardio exercise “
Yes but as Doddfrank was trying to point out…elite sprinter’s training is NOT cardio. Most, if not all of the training done by elite sprinters is done in time frames work and rest, akin to powerlifting. It is certainly NOT done in work / rest intervals like a typical HIIT session.
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