That was one of my first goals... back in 1988. I benched 250 and easily broke 5:00. I gave up power lifting and got serious about running. 35 years later and I am still running. BTW... I weighed about 125 lbs when I did that. Breaking 5 is really dependent on natural speed/endurance.
QuestionAsker3000 wrote:
I'm really close to breaking both. I'm at a 5:15 mile and bench press 220 pounds, and I'm just curious on how many people can do both.
It’s really not hard. I ran 4:05 1500 and benched 225
I did 240 for 1 rep and 4:38 the same year when I was age 38 at 170 body weight 8% bodyfat
It is extremely rare for anyone to do it in the same year.
PS anyone who says they benched 225 at a bodyweight of 125 AND claims to have broken 5 is lying. Yes there are powerlifters who weight 125 and bench 225, but there are ZERO runners who weigh 125 and bench 225.
It is like all the people who claim they can do 20 chin-ups in perfect form. About 1% of those who claim 20 chin-ups, can actually do it.
anyoldguy wrote:
PS anyone who says they benched 225 at a bodyweight of 125 AND claims to have broken 5 is lying. Yes there are powerlifters who weight 125 and bench 225, but there are ZERO runners who weigh 125 and bench 225.
It is like all the people who claim they can do 20 chin-ups in perfect form. About 1% of those who claim 20 chin-ups, can actually do it.
How about weighing 137 and benching 225 3 reps
When I was a cross-country skier ran 7:27 for 1.5 miles and benched 285, along with a few other events as part of a test. I was 165 lbs. and 32 at the time. There were others that beat me in those events.
gerald12 wrote:
When I was a cross-country skier ran 7:27 for 1.5 miles and benched 285, along with a few other events as part of a test. I was 165 lbs. and 32 at the time. There were others that beat me in those events.
What did you do when you got to parts of the country with no snow?
anyoldguy wrote:
PS anyone who says they benched 225 at a bodyweight of 125 AND claims to have broken 5 is lying. Yes there are powerlifters who weight 125 and bench 225, but there are ZERO runners who weigh 125 and bench 225.
It is like all the people who claim they can do 20 chin-ups in perfect form. About 1% of those who claim 20 chin-ups, can actually do it.
Probably right about at 125. 140-150lb definitely though.
I guess I'm the 1% having done 50 strict non stop.(pullups, not chin ups) Also 48 age 50+ in 60 seconds. STRICT
I'm interested now in trying to get 70 in 2 minutes. Maybe a best, but not a world record, but I don't think anyone 55 and over can do that.
Benched 265 x 10 + 4:44 mile off 10 mpw of easy running. Weighed 170 at the time.
That was years of injuries and inactivity ago, but I’d like to give the 300 bench/sub 4:20 another shot at some point.
I did 235x2 same year I ran 4:23 in the mile. Didn’t really focus on bench.
Now I’m like 305 without focusing much
Virtually all collegiate decathletes can put up 225. Many of them can t try in sub 5. Beyond them, most of the rest are probably basketball players.
FatSlowLurker wrote:
Virtually all collegiate decathletes can put up 225. Many of them can t try in sub 5. Beyond them, most of the rest are probably basketball players.
Apologies for typos. I meant most good collegiate decathletes can run sub 5.
For the OP, I assume you mean 220 for a one rep max. In which case, i think for most men getting to sub 5 would be harder, but the vast majority of people on the planet could not do this. The vast majority of runners could not do this, and the vast majority of lifters could not do this.
anyoldguy wrote:
PS anyone who says they benched 225 at a bodyweight of 125 AND claims to have broken 5 is lying. Yes there are powerlifters who weight 125 and bench 225, but there are ZERO runners who weigh 125 and bench 225.
It is like all the people who claim they can do 20 chin-ups in perfect form. About 1% of those who claim 20 chin-ups, can actually do it.
Based on what? What is your evidence? Isn't the world record for bench press about 1400 lbs? The world record holder probably weighs less than 300 lbs. Don't state what others cannot do, state what you can do!
Yes, a mid d athlete is the most likely to do good at both.
But good runners at ANY distance could easily do that if they trained for it.
Kipchoge runs sub 5 for over 26 miles. He could easily pack on 50 pounds of muscle and still run comfortably under 5 for 1 mile.
I had a high school teammate who was an athletic freak. Went on to be an all-am wrestler in college. Ran XC for fitness for wrestling. I seem to remember his 5k best being in the mid-16min range on our (hilly) home course.
In the off season he would let his weight go up a bit (wrestled 125, off season closer to 135-140). Could easily bench 275+. It helped that he had super short arms. Bar probably only moved 18’’?
Tough kid.
Alex Viada benched 475 lbs and ran a 4:15 mile at 230 lbs with a completely detached hamstring, a fractured foot, wearing Hokas, about a year or two after he started running in his 30s.
Reference: It's all BS of course, but he did really claim these things and build a trainer career around them. There was a long thread here on Letsrun 10 years ago that got taken down when Alex called the Brojos and promised he'd enter official competitions to prove all that. Of course he never did enter those competitions, but he's had a successful career based on those lies.
FatSlowLurker wrote:
Virtually all collegiate decathletes can put up 225. Many of them can t try in sub 5. Beyond them, most of the rest are probably basketball players.
Ya, my son was a D1 All-American in the decathlon. Could bench a lot of reps at 225. Ran the 1500 in the 4:20s at the end of a decathlon, which would translate to sub 5 mile.
I'm not sure why people thing 225 is a big bench. In my 20s and 30s I was sub 5 and did set orld 4 or 5 with 225. The number of weakling runners is astounding.
I'm 5'6" and was 145 at my heaviest.
More people can do a 5:00 mile and 225 than can do a 3:00 marathon and 225. Longer the distance, the skinnier the runner. I've seen do fairly decent sized milers over the years.