Good for him for having a new physical goal to work towards
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/thats-not-fat-how-ryan-hall-gained-40-pounds-of-muscle
Good for him for having a new physical goal to work towards
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/thats-not-fat-how-ryan-hall-gained-40-pounds-of-muscle
I think this article just broke the internet.
I'm going to bet that not all of that is muscle.
Some thoughts:
Narcissism at its finest. Toss in some OCD. Now you have a cross fitter.
It's been a while since I was focused on lifting, but that seems like a ton of sets. 8-10 sets of 4-10 reps for major body parts?
Frank Zane wrote:
Some thoughts:
Narcissism at its finest. Toss in some OCD. Now you have a cross fitter.
It's been a while since I was focused on lifting, but that seems like a ton of sets. 8-10 sets of 4-10 reps for major body parts?
I mean, does the guy work? If you were just sitting at home while the kids were at school, and you weren't running, wouldn't you lift too much, too?
I would.
Ryan Hall has low T.. as much as a 6 year old girl. So how can he build 40lbls of muscle? Steroids?
He works out 2 hours per day. He can keep Muscle Milk as a sponsor and perhaps get some new sponsors.
This part is great:
“Rather than being very concerned about the number of reps I am doing I focus on contracting the intended muscle group very hard,†Hall said. “I tell myself I am not lifting weights; I am contracting muscles. So rather than stopping when I get to a given number of reps, I just go to failure on every exercise, every set. I know not everyone agrees with this approach of going to complete failure, but I like it and it works for me.â€
The exact same training principle he used in his running career.
Are you really sure this principle worked for you Ryan?
A person can't argue with a 2:04:58 performance.
I would say it worked.
full disclosure: I am somewhat jealous as my pr is in the range of 2:58:04 as opposed to Mr. Hall's excellent effort at Boston.
How on earth does he respond to lifting like this (40llbs gain) with low testosterone? You'd think he'd need high T to have a substantial gain such as this.
Sara works so he doesn't have to. I am still curious as to how many Nissan Venza or Sentras did he sell?
runner893 wrote:
Good for him for having a new physical goal to work towards
http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/thats-not-fat-how-ryan-hall-gained-40-pounds-of-muscle
FFS, look at the mess that is his garage in that second picture!?!?! You're retired brah, so how bout getting a workout by cleaning your f$*king garage. Gross!!!
rjm33 wrote:
Are you really sure this principle worked for you Ryan?
Because you ran so much faster and achieved so much more doing your method, right?
Can we get him and his idiot wife to stop prattling on about parenting. Dudes you been a parent for like 5 minutes.
And one of you doesn't even work.
Does Ryan eat meat?
Going vegetarian wrote:
Does Ryan eat meat?
No, but he eats a sh-t ton of Muscle Milk pancakes.
Thedirty wrote:
How on earth does he respond to lifting like this (40llbs gain) with low testosterone? You'd think he'd need high T to have a substantial gain such as this.
He had low T. No long running that reduces it now and no reason he can't get T therapy now.
heavy weight lifting is the natural way to increase T so he could potentially be getting his T back to normal.
Thedirty wrote:
How on earth does he respond to lifting like this (40llbs gain) with low testosterone? You'd think he'd need high T to have a substantial gain such as this.
Makes me wonder whether his retirement from running was more of a way of being able to start testosterone therapy without the ethical concerns of competing at any point in the future.
As pointed out above, this is hilarious, and just like the Ryan Hall we all know and love. Jumping straight into an extremely high-intensity and high-volume weight training program without bothering to consult with any coaches or proven routines.
As described in the article, Ryan (or anyone) may see rapid improvement and muscle mass gain for 3-6 months, but shortly after that he is guaranteed to plateau, get injured, and/or suffer from overtraining symptoms!
He is basically doing the same volume as someone like The Rock (http://rockingfor30days.com/), except for a serious lifter this is more of a maintenance/base phase that is done at light to moderate weight.
He still has that great running, cardio training in him, which combines well with the lifting. I hope he's not taking it for granted.