It didn't strike me until moments ago while I was reading an article on Bruce Lee just how much the essence of speed can be trained. During my undergrad years Lucky Huber would constantly say, "To be fast we have to train fast! If we want to run fast we have to run fast!" I always just shook my head and did as he said. Internally I questioned his method for speed development.
This evening, however, a light came on. If Bruce Lee could train his body to do some of the things I've listed below, why can't we train our athletes to move their legs more quickly? It seems obvious to me that the CNS has to be trained to fire the muscles quickly. Steve our strength coach was telling me the other day about how the Snatch is a lift that is focused not on the ammount of weight that is moved but rather the speed at which the weight can be moved. This in turn led me to search the internet questioning what I know about the purpose of the snatch and the role it must play in developing increadibly explosive athletes.
If He Could Why Can't We?
God didn't create Bruce Lee as the fastest person ever. He was endowed with certain gifts. Lee put in the work to do the amazing things that he did. I guess we do have to run fast to run fast....
- Lee's striking speed from three feet with his hands down by his side reached five hundredths of a second.[50]
- Lee's combat movements were at times too fast to be captured on film at 24 frames per second, so many scenes were shot in 32fps to put Lee in slow motion. Normally martial arts films are sped up.[51][52][53]
- In a speed demonstration, Lee could snatch a dime off a person's open palm before they could close it, and leave a penny behind.[54]
- Lee could perform push ups using only his thumbs[42][49]
- Lee would hold an elevated v-sit position for 30 minutes or longer.[48]
- Lee could throw grains of rice up into the air and then catch them in mid-flight using chopsticks.[42]
- Lee performed one-hand push-ups using only the thumb and index finger[49][55][42][49]
- Lee performed 50 reps of one-arm chin-ups.[56]
- Lee could break wooden boards 6 inches (15 cm) thick.[57]
- Lee could cause a 300-lb (136 kg) bag to fly towards and thump the ceiling with a side kick.[49]
- Lee performed a side kick while training with James Coburn and broke a 150-lb (68 kg) punching bag[48][58]
- In a move that has been dubbed "Dragon Flag", Lee could perform leg lifts with only his shoulder blades resting on the edge of a bench and suspend his legs and torso perfectly horizontal midair.[59]
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