Matt Damon LOST 60 POUNDS by running 13 miles a day and eating a chicken breast for every meal

Why do you think he would get injured? Do you still believe in the antiquated idea that mileage causes injuries?

run more miles wrote:

Why do you think he would get injured? Do you still believe in the antiquated idea that mileage causes injuries?

Overuse certainly does.

run more miles wrote:

Why do you think he would get injured? Do you still believe in the antiquated idea that mileage causes injuries?

Congrats on today's dumbest post.

I think if he actually ran 13 miles everday, he would retract his "Running wasn't even the hardest part" statement.

Then again.. I'd much rather run 13 miles a day than just eat chicken breast. I just wonder if he was physically able to run that much. He has run some half marathons in SoCal, so he can run. Depends on what he means by "13 a day". Once a week, or seven days a week?

Eminem made a claim like that once as well, doing something like 10~17 miles per day on the treadmill at a pretty fast pace.

Running 13 miles everyday is not hard at all for me. What's hard is soreness that goes with it.

UA Runner wrote:

I think if he actually ran 13 miles everday, he would retract his "Running wasn't even the hardest part" statement.

Then again.. I'd much rather run 13 miles a day than just eat chicken breast. I just wonder if he was physically able to run that much. He has run some half marathons in SoCal, so he can run. Depends on what he means by "13 a day". Once a week, or seven days a week?

Eminem made a claim like that once as well, doing something like 10~17 miles per day on the treadmill at a pretty fast pace.

He dropped to 139 pounds from 200, he wasnt just only eating chicken breast, he was also on an extreme calorie deficit. That is why it was hard, it was the quantity (or lack of) that was a struggle not the specific food.

He also augmented the chicken with coffee and cigarettes.

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

UA Runner wrote:

I think if he actually ran 13 miles everday, he would retract his "Running wasn't even the hardest part" statement.

Then again.. I'd much rather run 13 miles a day than just eat chicken breast. I just wonder if he was physically able to run that much. He has run some half marathons in SoCal, so he can run. Depends on what he means by "13 a day". Once a week, or seven days a week?

Eminem made a claim like that once as well, doing something like 10~17 miles per day on the treadmill at a pretty fast pace.

He dropped to 139 pounds from 200, he wasnt just only eating chicken breast, he was also on an extreme calorie deficit. That is why it was hard, it was the quantity (or lack of) that was a struggle not the specific food.

what a fat tub, He's probably several inches short of six foot and weighing 200 pounds?

back woods wrote:

run more miles wrote:

Why do you think he would get injured? Do you still believe in the antiquated idea that mileage causes injuries?

Congrats on today's dumbest post.

that's not a dumb post. You can run as much as you like, if you go slow enough. How do you think people who have never done more than weekend camping trips through hike the AT! They do it at a manageable pace. Anyone on this board could run 200 mile weeks if they were willing to go slow enough. For some it might be 8 minute pace, for others maybe 15.

Wolf's Bane wrote:

that's not a dumb post. You can run as much as you like, if you go slow enough. How do you think people who have never done more than weekend camping trips through hike the AT! They do it at a manageable pace. Anyone on this board could run 200 mile weeks if they were willing to go slow enough. For some it might be 8 minute pace, for others maybe 15.

What are you going on about, hiking the AT? What does hiking have to do with running, and more specifically, running high mileage? HIKERS ARE WALKING, if you hadn't noticed. WALKING. Walking is not a "manageable" running pace, it is WALKING. 15 minute pace is WALKING.

For Meltzer's sake man, get a grip.

Wolf's Bane wrote:

back woods wrote:

Congrats on today's dumbest post.

that's not a dumb post. You can run as much as you like, if you go slow enough. How do you think people who have never done more than weekend camping trips through hike the AT! They do it at a manageable pace. Anyone on this board could run 200 mile weeks if they were willing to go slow enough. For some it might be 8 minute pace, for others maybe 15.

That's the difference between just running and actually training though . At some point it has to be meaningful miles.

You have no idea if those one time hikers are ruined by that effort either. Training is about stringing together a straight decade of good training, not a short term one time thing.

Larry David wrote:

Did he build mileage gradually? How did he not get injured? What kind of 10K shape was he in?

https://www.delish.com/food-news/a48385/how-matt-damon-lost-60-pounds/

13 x 7 = 91 = taper week.

I thought this was Letsrun?

John Utah wrote:

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:

He dropped to 139 pounds from 200, he wasnt just only eating chicken breast, he was also on an extreme calorie deficit. That is why it was hard, it was the quantity (or lack of) that was a struggle not the specific food.

what a fat tub, He's probably several inches short of six foot and weighing 200 pounds?

This guy is thick, im sure if he really ran his max low for racing would be 165 or so. he is not meant to be 139 ever he looked sick in that movie.

I had a guy in my group once. 190 and he ran 15:40 5k but he couldn't get below 190 and he was never gonna run much faster at that weight. Some people are just only born to run so fast.

asu guy wrote:

John Utah wrote:

what a fat tub, He's probably several inches short of six foot and weighing 200 pounds?

This guy is thick, im sure if he really ran his max low for racing would be 165 or so. he is not meant to be 139 ever he looked sick in that movie.

I had a guy in my group once. 190 and he ran 15:40 5k but he couldn't get below 190 and he was never gonna run much faster at that weight. Some people are just only born to run so fast.

he's not that naturally "thick"....photos of him when young show a lean guy not some kind of Samoan ....200 for him is a tub of lard...his right weight is probably 155 to 160 max....his racing weight much lower....that's my opinion

Jason Bourne could set the WR in the 800m.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5214660

mufasa wrote:

Jason Bourne could set the WR in the 800m.

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5214660

Classic thread

back woods wrote:

run more miles wrote:

Why do you think he would get injured? Do you still believe in the antiquated idea that mileage causes injuries?

Congrats on today's dumbest post.

Yours is.

From seeing him running in movies, he certainly has a weird running style....just a side observation

Agree with this. He embellished it. 91 miles a week would break a non-runner.