September 5, 2025
How The World's Fastest Man (Actually) Strength Trains w/ Noah Lyles Strength Coach Steven Cerenzio
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Get 7 FREE Days of Training to our Athlete Strength Training App - Peak Strength 👉 https://www.peakstrength.app/?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=APP&utm_content=StevenCerenzioPOD Try our FREE Max Rep Calculator 👉 https://peakstrength.app/training-progress-calculator?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Video&utm_campaign=TPCalc&utm_content=StevenCerenzioPOD Follow Coach Cerenzio on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevencerenzio/ Strength and Conditioning Coach Dane Miller speaks with Noah Lyles Strength Coach Steven Cerenzio on how he strength trained for speed and to become the world's fastest man. #garagestrength #speed #strength LISTEN TO OUR PODCAST 🎙🏆🎙 👉 https://feeds.megaphone.fm/HUM1295049334 Join Our SubReddit and Discord 👉 https://www.reddit.com/r/GarageStrength/ 👉 https://discord.gg/hGs2AHHxq2 0:00 – Front squat day-one test & philosophy 1:12 – What’s inside: Lyles’ strength training overview 2:24 – Assessing new athletes: patterns & honest movement 4:24 – Strength vs. rate of recruitment (HS focus) 6:22 – Not making weightlifters; minimum effective dose on cleans 7:23 – Squat vs. hinge; RDL & push-press screens 9:05 – Coach background & early influences 14:47 – Linking with Lance; Olympic lifts for sprinters 16:11 – Private NFL phase & adapting lifts 18:37 – Tyson Gay lessons: resisted sprints & partial ROM 21:28 – Sprinters = stiff yet flexible (controlled stiffness) 26:03 – Squat as foundation; leg-press caveats 26:58 – Starting with Noah: movement IQ, cleans & squats 32:31 – Clean progression: FS → RDL → catch → hang → hook grip 37:12 – Off-season → pre-season split (neural vs. “bodybuilding”) 39:41 – Hamstring strategy: Nordics & isometrics without risk 42:02 – Season flow: strength → power → speed; volume peels back 43:01 – Building 100m speed: blocks, box/¼ squats, heavy cleans 46:59 – Performance markers: “flying” 60–80 kg, double reds, pulls 1:03:05 – Sprint days done right & lifting after sprints (CNS fatigue)