Triathlete here. The swim does compare in difficulty with the other two IMO. I'm a tall and thin so I've never had much more than 100lbs over my head. The 100 mile challenge seems doable time wise, but I'm not sure if my feet would hold up. Depends on the terrain for the 100 miler I suppose.
This is doable for any competitive runner. The swim would be pretty easy, so long as you've been in the pool before. I mean you could complete it easily, just not well. Its like the equivalent of going for a tempo run in terms of effort for an untrained runner.
The lifting could be trained with 3-6 months, even for someone with no upper body strength.
Anyone running80-100 mpw could do a 100 mile run and hike with water and a backpack on the right course, with water available. Just find a national park up north and a 100 mile route. Start at dawn one day, continue to night - you should be able to get 50 miles even walking at 4 mph. Repeat. I'd just hike it and maybe pick up to a run with 4 hours of daylight left if needed to make up distance. This would wear you out for weeks though.
Kvothe wrote:
This is doable for any competitive runner. The swim would be pretty easy, so long as you've been in the pool before. I mean you could complete it easily, just not well. Its like the equivalent of going for a tempo run in terms of effort for an untrained runner.
The lifting could be trained with 3-6 months, even for someone with no upper body strength.
Anyone running80-100 mpw could do a 100 mile run and hike with water and a backpack on the right course, with water available. Just find a national park up north and a 100 mile route. Start at dawn one day, continue to night - you should be able to get 50 miles even walking at 4 mph. Repeat. I'd just hike it and maybe pick up to a run with 4 hours of daylight left if needed to make up distance. This would wear you out for weeks though.
Bullshit. A strict military press with bodyweight is something some lifters never accomplish. It's much harder than benching one's bodyweight, which is probably what you confused it for.
what does lift your body weight overhead mean? big difference between a strict press and a split jerk. I can do 90% of my body weight with one and 120% with the other, both ways it gets over my head.
I could run the 100 miles.
I could do the overhead press with a few weeks of training. I don't lift a lot now, but I use too. So, the muscle memory would kick in.
Swimming would be the toughest for me, I think I could do it with some training.
This is the manliest triathlon ever. They should do this at the cross fit games.
How I would train for it:
Mon-Friday 90-120 minute run
Weds: 20 x 400
Saturday:race or 4 x mile
Sunday 3+ hour jog
Finish every run with 10 sets of body weight pull ups and dips.
And on mon, wed and Fri I would do a powerlifting workout.
Swimming, I would just swim one hour ever morning.
Powerlifting workout:
Over head press 5 x 3-5
Weighted dips 3 x 3
Bench 5 x 5
Weighted pull ups 3 x 3
Back squat 5 x 5
Front squat 5 x 5
Deadlift 5 x 5
Stiff leg deadlift 3 x 5
Patrick fussroth wrote:
Kvothe wrote:
This is doable for any competitive runner. The swim would be pretty easy, so long as you've been in the pool before. I mean you could complete it easily, just not well. Its like the equivalent of going for a tempo run in terms of effort for an untrained runner.
The lifting could be trained with 3-6 months, even for someone with no upper body strength.
Anyone running80-100 mpw could do a 100 mile run and hike with water and a backpack on the right course, with water available. Just find a national park up north and a 100 mile route. Start at dawn one day, continue to night - you should be able to get 50 miles even walking at 4 mph. Repeat. I'd just hike it and maybe pick up to a run with 4 hours of daylight left if needed to make up distance. This would wear you out for weeks though.
Bullshit. A strict military press with bodyweight is something some lifters never accomplish. It's much harder than benching one's bodyweight, which is probably what you confused it for.
Nobody mentioned military press.
EasternWash wrote:
what does lift your body weight overhead mean? big difference between a strict press and a split jerk. I can do 90% of my body weight with one and 120% with the other, both ways it gets over my head.
Have you seen footage of percy and herb lifting weights? Im assuming there is nothing strict about it.. puss press, just get it locked out overhead.
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