Attempting Ryan Hall's 1 mile farmer's walk record

anonymoose wrote:

You'd want to be able to dead hang for at least 2 mins as a start.

I feel like top climbers would be good at this

Yep, this is an American Ninja-type of absurdity. Grip and somewhat upper body strength, or it doesn't matter who you are.

coach wrote:

STEVE THE ADDICT^^^^^^""""-""""--'-"--^' wrote:

Farmers walk is not too hard for distance runners. Carrying the weight that low to the ground doesn't require exceptional strength, like for example, a bench press would and plus runners already have good endurance.

How much do you carry when you do farmer's walks? How far do you walk? Most of my HS runners had problems carrying 45 pounds in each hand for more than 1 minute.

I end my gym sessions with two sets of a farmer's walk using dumbbells which ends up being about 2x30 seconds with about 70% bodyweight (total). I think it would require some pretty serious grip/forearm training to be able to carry your bodyweight a mile in any reasonable amount of time.

All that being said, I think this is a kind of stupid "record." Liked Ryan Hall better when he was running marathons (before God became his coach).

This actually sounds really easy. I can't believe he's bragging about 25 minutes. The record should be under 10 minutes.

Runningart2004 wrote:

Avocado's Number wrote:

Good lord, he looks (and, I think, even sounds) so different these days. Wikipedia says that he was 5'10" and 127 lbs. in 2015. How does a world-class marathoner (from a family of genetically gifted distance runners) go from 127 to such a heavily muscled 195 in his late thirties? (I realize that this has probably been discussed at great length on this board, but I haven't followed his post-retirement life much.)

God's Blessing!!

Training...and TRT....

Alan

Has he said that he's taking supplemental testosterone?

The first 20 lbs of muscle are usually pretty easy to pack on for former distance runners.

I'm guessing Hall was 140 or more when he started lifting (he was NOT 127), so I give him 160-165 in a matter of months. But the next 30 lbs would have taken a truly sickening amount of calories (and lifting) especially given he is still training aerobically. Is this possible naturally? Contrary to public opinion, it is. And he certainly has the dedication and work ethic necessary for it. But did he do it naturally? That's another question.

stevemcphadden 2 wrote:

The first 20 lbs of muscle are usually pretty easy to pack on for former distance runners.

I'm guessing Hall was 140 or more when he started lifting (he was NOT 127), so I give him 160-165 in a matter of months. But the next 30 lbs would have taken a truly sickening amount of calories (and lifting) especially given he is still training aerobically. Is this possible naturally? Contrary to public opinion, it is. And he certainly has the dedication and work ethic necessary for it. But did he do it naturally? That's another question.

“work ethic” seems the wrong term for a healthy man in his thirties who doesn’t work.

Anyhow, it seems like there is a real psychological disorder that takes over when guys start bodybuilding or strength training. Appears that Ryan is now an obsessive narcissist … of course they all say their self-absorbed social media posting is all about “motivating others”.

Why?