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Noah Lyles has maturely responded to a comment from a fan concerning his training techniques.
Triple World Champion Noah Lyles has maturely responded to a fan who believes lifting heavy weights will slow him down.
Lyles posted a video on his X (Twitter) handle, sharing a snippet of his training routine, and a fan, Leon Hutchings commented warning the athlete not to invest time in lifting heavy weights.
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The two-time World 200m champion had captioned the video: “Moving up.” The fan then responded to his video saying: “Those heavy weights will slow you down… (Leave those heavy weights alone, and do light hamstring and light quads… (get a weight vest). Weights weigh your quickness and speed down.”
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Lyles noticed the comment, shared his thoughts on what the fan said, and advised other athletes on how to respond to such fans.
“To every athlete worried about what people say about them just remember they can’t tell you what workout you did yesterday. So, they can’t tell you if you are getting better or not,” Lyles said.
Other X users seemed to agree with what Lyles said, with one user, Tymaris Odoms saying: “People think just because they go to the gym they can tell pro athletes how to train.”
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Another user said: “It's a good thing he isn't your trainer or coach. Keep putting in the work because you'll always have the last laugh.”
However, Hutchings insisted that weights can never help in speed work and he added on Lyles' response saying: “Weights and sprinting don't correlate and will never transition quickness or speed resilience...”
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