I used to body build. It was amazingly easy compared to marathon training
I used to body build. It was amazingly easy compared to marathon training
0.3/10
all relative
I'd be curious to see what the body you built looked like.....
I looked l ike Ronnie Coleman
Former Body Builder wrote:
I looked l ike Ronnie Coleman
probably more like gary coleman
No thats you. HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAH
Better question, why do marathon runners always feel the need to convince everyone (mostly themselves, lets be real) that what they do is so much harder than other physical acticities/sports. Marathon training is probably the easiest of all running distances. Requires discipline to stay consistent and run wisely but there is nothing tough about jogging a bunch of miles all the time. Body building is pretty much the same, consistently workout lots and plan routines wisely.
Hdhsba wrote:
Better question, why do marathon runners always feel the need to convince everyone (mostly themselves, lets be real) that what they do is so much harder than other physical acticities/sports. Marathon training is probably the easiest of all running distances. Requires discipline to stay consistent and run wisely but there is nothing tough about jogging a bunch of miles all the time. Body building is pretty much the same, consistently workout lots and plan routines wisely.
Are you kidding me princess? Marathons are the hardest distance there is. I was an olympian in the 100m, 400m, mile, 10k and marathon and 50k walk and marathons were the hardest
Former Body Builder wrote:
Hdhsba wrote:
Better question, why do marathon runners always feel the need to convince everyone (mostly themselves, lets be real) that what they do is so much harder than other physical acticities/sports. Marathon training is probably the easiest of all running distances. Requires discipline to stay consistent and run wisely but there is nothing tough about jogging a bunch of miles all the time. Body building is pretty much the same, consistently workout lots and plan routines wisely.
Are you kidding me princess? Marathons are the hardest distance there is. I was an olympian in the 100m, 400m, mile, 10k and marathon and 50k walk and marathons were the hardest
I you´re trying to be funny you just failed miserably.
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Former Body Builder wrote:
Are you kidding me princess? Marathons are the hardest distance there is. I was an olympian in the 100m, 400m, mile, 10k and marathon and 50k walk and marathons were the hardest
I you´re trying to be funny you just failed miserably.
Its because you failed miserably at understanding funny you hole. Go back to being the female co host in a radio show you nothing
Well after you inject every day for 20 years the body becomes very tender. Between DOMS and painful injection sites a bodybuilder suffers like a terminal cancer patient.
Hdhsba wrote:
Better question, why do marathon runners always feel the need to convince everyone (mostly themselves, lets be real) that what they do is so much harder than other physical acticities/sports. Marathon training is probably the easiest of all running distances. Requires discipline to stay consistent and run wisely but there is nothing tough about jogging a bunch of miles all the time. .
I kind have to agree. Try actually training for the mile or the 800m and get back to me. Most "runners" wouldn't make it though a month of 800m training because they aren't tough enough to handle the volume of speed work it takes run a fast time.
Or they would just get hurt. Look no further than a Daniel's 800m plan where he's having you do something like 6x200, 4x400, 1x800, 4x400, 6x200 all near top speeds...then two days later a 10K worth of 5K speed intervals.
Good college runner friend of mine busted his ass in his prime to run 1:49 (800m) at the Big 10 championships, but only had to run something like 35mpw with one hard threshold run to break 3 hours in full marathon at age 34.
bro dude bro wrote:
Hdhsba wrote:
Better question, why do marathon runners always feel the need to convince everyone (mostly themselves, lets be real) that what they do is so much harder than other physical acticities/sports. Marathon training is probably the easiest of all running distances. Requires discipline to stay consistent and run wisely but there is nothing tough about jogging a bunch of miles all the time. .
I kind have to agree. Try actually training for the mile or the 800m and get back to me. Most "runners" wouldn't make it though a month of 800m training because they aren't tough enough to handle the volume of speed work it takes run a fast time.
Or they would just get hurt. Look no further than a Daniel's 800m plan where he's having you do something like 6x200, 4x400, 1x800, 4x400, 6x200 all near top speeds...then two days later a 10K worth of 5K speed intervals.
Good college runner friend of mine busted his ass in his prime to run 1:49 (800m) at the Big 10 championships, but only had to run something like 35mpw with one hard threshold run to break 3 hours in full marathon at age 34.
I ran all of those in college also
Hdhsba wrote:
Better question, why do marathon runners always feel the need to convince everyone (mostly themselves, lets be real) that what they do is so much harder than other physical acticities/sports. Marathon training is probably the easiest of all running distances. Requires discipline to stay consistent and run wisely but there is nothing tough about jogging a bunch of miles all the time. Body building is pretty much the same, consistently workout lots and plan routines wisely.
I have had the good fortune in my work life to be around a lot of high level athletes and be involved in working with them and their coaches and be at their practices and competition. While I might not like some sports, I admire what it takes to be good.
That said, there are enough people regardless of hobby who think it is the greatest thing in the world and insist on sharing it with you. There is a line for me on when it becomes just too much. I remember a college student that I would see just about every day when I was an administrator took great pleasure in sharing what he did in the weight room that day. I never bombarded him with my workout of the day.
bro dude bro wrote:
Good college runner friend of mine busted his ass in his prime to run 1:49 (800m) at the Big 10 championships, but only had to run something like 35mpw with one hard threshold run to break 3 hours in full marathon at age 34.
Well, a 2:59 marathon is nowhere near the same level as a 1:49 800m, so I'm not sure why you feel comparing the two illustrates something other than the fact that it take a lot of work and some talent to run 1:49, and maybe slightly above average hobbyjogger talent/work to run 2:59. Of course it was far more difficult for him to achieve the former in comparison to the latter.
And I don't know why you put his age in there like it was an added difficulty level. 34? If you asked me he peak year someone has for running a good marathon, my answer wouldn't be that far off his exact age.
Apples are far superior to oranges.
lollerama wrote:
bro dude bro wrote:
Good college runner friend of mine busted his ass in his prime to run 1:49 (800m) at the Big 10 championships, but only had to run something like 35mpw with one hard threshold run to break 3 hours in full marathon at age 34.
Well, a 2:59 marathon is nowhere near the same level as a 1:49 800m, so I'm not sure why you feel comparing the two illustrates something other than the fact that it take a lot of work and some talent to run 1:49, and maybe slightly above average hobbyjogger talent/work to run 2:59. Of course it was far more difficult for him to achieve the former in comparison to the latter.
And I don't know why you put his age in there like it was an added difficulty level. 34? If you asked me he peak year someone has for running a good marathon, my answer wouldn't be that far off his exact age.
Because running even a sub-1:55 is fucking tough work. And his time in the marathon was 2:44 off of minimal training...not just barely under 3.
And also, most 34 year olds are busy with their careers and family, this guy included. I know guys running 90mpw and working their tails off trying break 2:40, and this guy got in that 2:40 range without working nearly has hard as he did to run fast times in the 800.
What I'm trying to say is that 800m training is far more difficult than marathon training (and harder than body building to boot).
Bodybuilders, Olympic Lifters, and Power Lifters are different beasts.
Same with speed vs endurance runners.
I admire any type of competition at a high level.
I'm a skinny 125 ibs distance runner, but you have to give the serious bodybuilders respect.