In a recent interview Ryan Hall mentions he started working out in the gym and started at 95 lbs on the bench press. Two months later he is banging out 200 lbs now???
How is that legit? You think he got the weight amounts mixed up?
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In a recent interview Ryan Hall mentions he started working out in the gym and started at 95 lbs on the bench press. Two months later he is banging out 200 lbs now???
How is that legit? You think he got the weight amounts mixed up?
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Maybe he was using a machine or something. Cuz 95 to 200 doesn't sound likely.
Your subject line makes it sound like his BODY weight went from 95 to 200. Maybe THAT's why he couldn't run fast anymore...carrying too much extra weight.
As a comparison, I started lifting in September, after not touching a weight in about 10 years. I would go through phases where I did a bunch of pushups, but nothing consistent. Currently 155lbs, run 40-50mpw. Was a mid-14s guy back in the day.
Anyway, when I started with the bench, I could do 8x90lbs at the end of a few sets. I didn't try maxing myself out. Now, I can do 8x160lbs at the end of a few sets. Again, haven't tried to max myself out. I'm a bit surprised how well I've taken to lifting, but in HS and college I was always a good responder to strength training. I'd get stronger but not really bulk up.
I'm not much bigger than before, but much more defined in the upper body, and clearly much stronger.
Major improvements can come very quickly for the severely undertrained. A guy who's only ever run 5 miles per week might drop his 5K time from 40 minutes to 20 minutes when he starts training seriously. Same idea for lifting.
God is good wrote:
Two months later he is banging out 200 lbs now???
How is that legit? You think he got the weight amounts mixed up?
Weightlifting has a very important CNS/Neural efficiency component.
If you are untrained, you will make huge improvements while making no significant improvements in muscle mass.
Just recruiting your CNS more efficiently results in huge strength gains (initially).
probably a little off but high responders to training stimuli see incredible results in limited amounts of time. Actually as a coach sometimes the results are borderline amazing. For the average person out there you won't and will not be able to comprehend.
dsmond wrote:
probably a little off but high responders to training stimuli see incredible results in limited amounts of time. Actually as a coach sometimes the results are borderline amazing. For the average person out there you won't and will not be able to comprehend.
Also you guys need to understand that 50-80 of those pounds were neurological gains from learning to recruit fibers for a new movement pattern.
Here's a guess at how he's doing it:
Barry Ross's
Book: Secrets of Underground Running
2-5 sets of 1-5 reps at 85-100% 1RM with 3-5minutes recovery
It's "lb", not lbs even if plural.
I'm relatively new to lifting (6 months). Learning the movement and proper form is huge for beginners. I could see someone doubling their bench in a few weeks if they had no prior lifting experience, poor beginning form, and puny arms. There's also overcoming the fear of lifting heavy.
He probably bounced 185 off of his chest and was in the fight of his life to get it up so was helped a bit by a spotter. I doubt he's pyramiding flat and incline sets at >200. Lots of guys embellish their bench max.
God is good wrote:
In a recent interview Ryan Hall mentions he started working out in the gym and started at 95 lbs on the bench press. Two months later he is banging out 200 lbs now???
How is that legit? You think he got the weight amounts mixed up?
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http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/ryan-hall-our-days-feel-so-good-and-full?cid=soc_Running%20Times%20Magazine%20-%20RunningTimesMagazine_FBPAGE_Runner%E2%80%99s%20World__EliteRacing
you realize this is a professional athlete that probably goes way harder than most normal people.
Saw a guy in the gym today "squatting" 215....His toes were pointed too far out, his knees were buckling too far inside, and he MAYBE came half the distance to parallel.
Unless there is video proof, I will never believe someone who gives me their bench/squat PR numbers.
qewqe wrote:
God is good wrote:In a recent interview Ryan Hall mentions he started working out in the gym and started at 95 lbs on the bench press. Two months later he is banging out 200 lbs now???
How is that legit? You think he got the weight amounts mixed up?
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http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/ryan-hall-our-days-feel-so-good-and-full?cid=soc_Running%20Times%20Magazine%20-%20RunningTimesMagazine_FBPAGE_Runner%E2%80%99s%20World__EliteRacingyou realize this is a professional athlete that probably goes way harder than most normal people.
Makes you wonder if he had done more lifting etc. and less mileage, and kept with the mile/1500m distance. What could he have done in those events.....
The amazing thing is he did this with "low testosterone."
Why would anyone admit to benching only 200lbs? even the chicks in my box use that as a warm up. 95 lbs? are you kidding? who can't bench 95 pounds, that's like two bags of flour....
sdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfs wrote:
The amazing thing is he did this with "low testosterone."
MORON
Weight lifting increases testosterone so his body has likely already adjusted a bit. It will be a length process, all that jogging has done a lot of harm to his body but he might eventually recover.
Looking forward to a BUFF 200+ lbs new Bryan Hall.
Did he say 95 lb bench was his max? Because reading is challenging for many on Letsrun.
He probably started with 95 to work out with and now he is maxing at 200. I don't find those two concepts surprising.
God is good wrote:
In a recent interview Ryan Hall mentions he started working out in the gym and started at 95 lbs on the bench press. Two months later he is banging out 200 lbs now???
How is that legit? You think he got the weight amounts mixed up?
Not mutually exclusive..........starting out at 95 is reasonable if you're not a weightlifter, someone with any athletic ability can pretty quickly improve, with training. 200 is still pretty light as far as the bench press, so that sounds reasonable also.
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http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/ryan-hall-our-days-feel-so-good-and-full?cid=soc_Running%20Times%20Magazine%20-%20RunningTimesMagazine_FBPAGE_Runner%E2%80%99s%20World__EliteRacing