GBPUSD = 1.39 wrote:
te5n1k wrote:
there are crossfit athletes that can easily run sub 5 and some sub 450 on training that def isnt run specific. if there was any incentive to throw down a fast mile for nfl players i dont think its that hard to believe someone out of literally 1000 pro athletes would have a shot. there is probably some punter than ran cross in college or practice squad corner that runs 50+ mpw for fun on top of practice.
there are dozens of youtube challenges of sub 5 and deadliting/squatting 500 lbs and they are almost always crossfit athletes. guys like hunter mcintyre and others have run much faster than sub 5 when they arent lifting 500 lbs off the ground beforehand. NFL athletes are on another level compared to crossfit dudes, but they train similar.
Out of curiosity, I actually went through the deadlift 500/run sub 5 videos I could find on youtube. There aren't actually all that many out there (I think I found 9 or 10?), but a bit of cursory research basically confirmed that they all featured people who had real running backgrounds. One was a guy who ran track in college, two were Symmonds and Hall, the Hunter McIntyre guy looks like he's primarily been an obstacle racer for the last few years, one played D1 soccer, and another three have an instagrams full of triathlete type stuff.
Again, these are all people who trained specifically for running/similar aerobic efforts at some point in their lives. A sub-5 mile is well within the capacity of most physically fit men who train for it, and I'm sure pretty much any pro athlete could train for a sub 5 mile. With that said, I think many of the physical traits that make them really good at the sport they've chosen would make it extremely difficult to hop out of bed one day and crank out sub-5 without doing a few months of running oriented work.
And it's silly to compare Crossfit to the NFL. There are a much wider varieties of physiques at the top level of the NFL simply by nature of the multiple positions in the sport, and some of those positions are optimized for running + explosive movement. With Crossfit, all the elite competitors seem optimized for these drawn out power-based events, since the sport places almost no emphasis on running (beyond the occasional sprint event, which is invariably dominated by the ex-400m guys). To clarify, I think most of those people could train to run a mile under 5. I also think most NFL linemen could train to run a mile under 5. But they wouldn't be able to roll out of bed and do it.[/quote]
The sentence I highlighted diminishes the credibility of all other words you stated. This thread is about the potential of NFL players to race sub-4:30 mile. I doubt any can. I stated I would be against it but there is potential. Third string QB's have a lot of time on their hands. There could be a 3rd string QB doing extra training and know one knows. We have seen 3rd string QBs go to law school while playing. We have seen 3rd string QBs work as financial advisors while still playing in NFL. Who knows? A lineman and sub-5 mile? Not today. Alan Page, in his prime as an NFL lineman played at 265lbs., which is small for a DT today. He started logging mileage while in his thirties. Page got under 230 pounds after he was told by then Vikings Head Coach Bud Grant not to allow his weight to get so low. Page was either traded or cut. Chicago Bears picked him up. Page was allowed to play as DT at (220 to 225)lbs. for a couple of seasons for Bears. I would have bet against Alan Page and a sub-5 mile. NFL linemen today on both sides of the ball are HUGE. No NFL linemen today are breaking 5 minutes for one mile, extra training or not.