benching 300 pounds and sub 3 hour marathon

i benched 245 lbs when i was 159 lbs---5'10. I also ran 1:48, 4:10, and 15:34 road 5k.

which is more impressive?

you both sound like toolboxes

toolboxes that could kick ur ass.

You can't run sub-3 right now? I thought you meant you could do both at the same point in your life. Post again when you can do both.

Joe Falcon could bench press 315 and run 3:52 mile (at least). He could have probably jogged a 2:40 marathon.

I think that the most impressive of those feats was the 1:48. You really ran a 1:48!?!?! damn.

what are you most proud of?

wilfredo wrote:

you both sound like toolboxes

I can lift a lot of toolboxes.

I could bench 245 at the time I ran 2:46. I've been working on increasing my bench for a while and got to 280 but then injured my shoulder.

Impressive... wrote:

toolboxes that could kick ur ass.

most people could kick my ass. that's not impressive

How about... being 300 pounds and running a sub 3 marathon.

Now THAT would be amazing.

B t dubs... you don't "weigh" 300 pounds, you ARE 300 pounds. One of those things that defines you as a human being.

true challenge wrote:

B t dubs... you don't "weigh" 300 pounds, you ARE 300 pounds. One of those things that defines you as a human being.

maybe i'm missing the sarcasm, but for what it's worth, you do not know the difference between 'weight' and 'mass'

That's awesome--congrats!

I've done the relative equivalent. 300lb at 195 is 1.53x bw. At 160 I benched 245 (1.5x). Marathon PR was 2:32 in my running days. I still run now and can maintain around 7:00 fairly comfortably.....but for 26.2 miles would be a stretch.

300 bench is pretty solid bro. Good job.

Alan

Yes, very impressive. Even more so if you could be in shape for both at the same time. At the time I set my bench PR (335 lbs) I was only running 3:22 for the marathon. I am getting closer to the barrier now, but my bench has fallen way the hell off.

Impressive... wrote:

i benched 245 lbs when i was 159 lbs---5'10. I also ran 1:48, 4:10, and 15:34 road 5k.

which is more impressive?

You are more impressive. Potential sub 2:30 marathoner.

You are impressive, because you show promise in both power by benching 245lbs. Aerobic system is equally impressive 5k 15:34. 3 hr marathon is hoohum. You show promise of sub 2 hr 30 marathon. Very few guys can excel like that.

I think one can be fairly strong and still kick out good mile to 5k races. Once you get up toward marathon territory the longer runs needed to compete really zap total body strength.

The bench is an event especially effected by leverage. A short compact runner who trains the bench will be able to move a lot of weight compared to his bodyweight in a relatively short time due to short arms. Take a look at the Pump and Run. Your best competitors are usually short and stocky.

There's also not a lot of mass involved in the bench compared to say a squat. So slight gains in upper body core mass (shoulders/chest/back) will go a long way without slowing you down too much. However, gains in strength and size in the lower body needed to squat come at the price of a much slower runner.

I think a more impressive stat would be a 300+lb squat on a good runner.

Alan

I think it would be impressive to do both in a single week.