Biceps help speed?

Question

If I lift for my biceps a lot, will that help me become faster for sprints? Like anything 800 m and less? What about distance running? I notice olympic sprinters are very muscular and have huge biceps

Answer 1

Biceps do not increase your speed for running. I can assure you that as one who has friends who run track in college and as a distance runner in high school.

Answer 2

Sprinters may have lots of muscles but they are not huge when compared to football players.

Looking at them on T.V. is deceptive since you are only comparing them to each other.

They are not really big. They have muscles because it does take strength to run, but they have very low body fat and you can see their muscles.

It is good to do total body fitness to help running, but lifting does not, by itself, make you faster.

Answer 3

actually. despite what these guys tell you, lemme tell you first that YES biceps help you run. they have no idea what they are talking about. my soccer trainer assigned me to a trainer to help me get started with the workout at the gym. he told me while legs are doing the work, its the movement of the arms that can increase your speed.  the faster your arms move, the faster your lower body moves and the faster you run.  its true and it works and you can see the difference. next time you wanna run faster, move your arms faster and you will feel that your legs are following the pace of your arms.  so yes, work on your upper body, it WILL make you faster. strong bicep, means stroger and faster arms. (better reflex)

Answer 4

lol biceps have nothing to do with how fast you run, the olympics sprinters have muscular biceps because they workout there whole body. and if you just workout the biceps they will only get big but dont improve your ability to run

Answer 5

Working your biceps femoris will help you, that's a part of the hamstring group, but not the arms.