Is It Possible to Squat Your Mile Time

What about Alan Webb?

I bet he could've maxed out at 350 in his prime

winnr1 wrote:

What about Alan Webb?

I bet he could've maxed out at 350 in his prime

Yeah that was my thought too.

Most elite sprinters can probably 1RM squat 500-600 ibs, I wouldn't doubt most elite sprinters can run 5:00-6:00 minute mile.

I ran a 4:18 in college and squatted 5 plates so yes. But now im slower and weaker but more endured. Im more of a squat my marathon kinda guy now.

[3.1]Miles Davis wrote:

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I bet some decathletes could do this. I was pretty mediocre at the Dec but ran 4:26 in a Dec when my max squat was about 400. It isn't hard for me to imagine a guy simultaneously more talented at those two particular skills than me. Shoot, I'm only 6-1, so just get a 6-4 guy with my exact build and endurance and he would be able to do it.

Did you run a mile or 1500 though because a 4:26 is a stupid fast mile for a dec, let alone one that squats 400+

1500. I immediately made another post correcting my omission if you scroll back up.

I did dec after college for fun. Freshman year of college while training for the 800, I ran 4:10 in the 1500. My squat then would have been in the 340 range, though.

Former D1 400 Guy wrote:

I ran a 4:18 in college and squatted 5 plates so yes. But now im slower and weaker but more endured. Im more of a squat my marathon kinda guy now.

No you didn't.

Former D1 400 Guy wrote:

I ran a 4:18 in college and squatted 5 plates so yes. But now im slower and weaker but more endured. Im more of a squat my marathon kinda guy now.

lol how do you squat 5 plates? one side would be a full 45 lbs heavier than the other. Also, 45 x 6 is only 270 pounds.

What's your Algorithm? wrote:

Former D1 400 Guy wrote:

I ran a 4:18 in college and squatted 5 plates so yes. But now im slower and weaker but more endured. Im more of a squat my marathon kinda guy now.

lol how do you squat 5 plates? one side would be a full 45 lbs heavier than the other. Also, 45 x 6 is only 270 pounds.

Is he talking about each side or all together? If he is talking about 6 plates all together+ the bar that would be 315 ibs.

Sand Dunes wrote:

What's your Algorithm? wrote:

lol how do you squat 5 plates? one side would be a full 45 lbs heavier than the other. Also, 45 x 6 is only 270 pounds.

Is he talking about each side or all together? If he is talking about 6 plates all together+ the bar that would be 315 ibs.

In lifting lingo, "5 plates" means 5 plates on each side, i.e., 495 lbs. I really doubt this guy did a full squat of 495 lbs when he could run a 4:18 mile. 315 lbs is "3 plates".

A couple other notes:

My son was a decathlete and ran a 4:27 1500 and could deadlift well over 500 lbs. Not sure of his squat, but it may have been up there.

Alex Viada is a fraud and has no evidence of ever running faster than the average hobbyjogger. There was a long thread about him on here in 2014. Alex called a BroJo and got it removed and then stopped making those claims but never came clean on it and dupes still believe those numbers that are still out there like the link shown. He also exaggerates his lifting but he is real strong. The one powerlifting meet he did he hit some good numbers but nowhere near what he claims online.