Why would any male aspire to a physique that looks more like Galen Rupp's than Rich Froning's? Perhaps Rupp gets chicks, makes bank, etc., but that's because he's Galen Rupp. For the average dude why not spend your limited free time pursuing something that improves how you look rather than something that lowers your testosterone level and makes you look like a concentration camp victim?
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The Hobby Jogger wrote:
Why would any male aspire to a physique that looks more like Galen Rupp's than Rich Froning's?
I don't think distance running is about aspiring to a certain look. Even so, you can be a good distance runner without looking like a death camp victim. Josh Cox has a nice v-taper and some nice abs.
Perhaps distance runners aren't lacking in self confidence and don't care how they are perceived by others. We prefer to hit the trails and be in the woods over spending time in the gym looking at ourselves in the mirror.
If you do want to get muscular, you'd be better off bodybuilding than Crossfitting.
What if functional fitness is your goal?
The Hobby Jogger wrote:
What if functional fitness is your goal?
How is doing lazy but quick pull-ups making you "functionally strong"? Maybe if you're in a prison and need to train to hoist yourself over a fence.
Most runners are endomorphs. They gain very little muscle mass with strength training. They can do crossfit all day and will not look that much different than they would marathon training. So, they chose to do a real sport that gets them outside every day instead of paying some jock $250 a month to do pull ups with bad form in a crappy building in some old office park.
8:30 res at Dorsia wrote:
How is doing lazy but quick pull-ups making you "functionally strong"? Maybe if you're in a prison and need to train to hoist yourself over a fence.
It probably helps the xfit guys put a vice clamp on their punks' hips so they can't squirm away from the xfit guys in the shower.
The Hobby Jogger wrote:
What if functional fitness is your goal?
Then do bodybuilding based on big movements like squats and pullups, and throw in some steady state cardio. You'll be bigger and fitter than the Crossfitters.
Justin91 wrote:
The Hobby Jogger wrote:What if functional fitness is your goal?
Then do bodybuilding based on big movements like squats and pullups, and throw in some steady state cardio. You'll be bigger and fitter than the Crossfitters.
Sorry, I missed something - the way Crossfitters always move the goalpost. The initial contention of the thread was that people would rather look like Rich Froning than Galen Rupp. When I point out that Crossfitting is a poor way to achieve the Froning physique, the goal suddently becomes achieving "functional fitness".
real runner's don't run to look good or lose weight, or 'do cardio' like crossfitters or gym rats.
I find it more fun to be able to run fast and compete than do crossfit type exercises. I already have a beautiful wife who likes my lean runner physique, so I have no desire to look like some Crossfitter guy. Plus, I've seen the crossfit crowd. They don't all look like Rich Fronning. Also, not all runners look like Rupp. I think the main thing is do what you enjoy to stay fit and don't worry about what other people think.
werwerwe wrote:
Perhaps distance runners aren't lacking in self confidence and don't care how they are perceived by others. We prefer to hit the trails and be in the woods over spending time in the gym looking at ourselves in the mirror.
This ^^. When I go to the gym 90% of the time meatheads will do three reps then look at themselves in the mirror for ten minutes. I'd rather be out on the trails.
The Hobby Jogger wrote:
What if functional fitness is your goal?
I hear cross fit people talk about this all the time. What does the "functional" description apply to?
mr wrote:
The Hobby Jogger wrote:What if functional fitness is your goal?
I hear cross fit people talk about this all the time. What does the "functional" description apply to?
Playing sports and lifting couches. But once again, regardless of the goal, Crossfit is a poor way to achieve it. If you want to get functional fitness, then (1) lift weights in compound freeweight exercises like the squat and pull-up, and (2) do steady state cardio.
Scroto Saggins wrote:
When I go to the gym 90% of the time meatheads will do three reps
Three reps with heavy weights is a lot better than 100 reps with the pink weights like most runners do.
ronner wrote:
I already have a beautiful wife who likes my lean runner physique
Keep telling that to yourself.
I think you meant to say that most runners tend to be primarily "ectomorphic," and I would agree with you. People tend to self-select into the sports they're better at. Unfortunately, at least IMO, this tendency towards being ectomorphic is accentuated by the testosterone lowering effects of long-distance running. So you have a double whammy here, which can result in many runners looking like emaciated, pre-pubescent boys. In any case, I don't get the hate towards CrossFit and the personal vitriol towards anyone looking to have an honest debate about this.
Precious Roy wrote:
Most runners are endomorphs. They gain very little muscle mass with strength training. They can do crossfit all day and will not look that much different than they would marathon training. So, they chose to do a real sport that gets them outside every day instead of paying some jock $250 a month to do pull ups with bad form in a crappy building in some old office park.
So the thread started off wondering why runners wouldn't want to look ripped. Then it changed to how cross fit is better for functional fitness. Now you're being defensive like a runner started a thread about bashing cross fit when really it was you who started a thread bashing running.... curse you, you sneaky cross fitter!!!