seriously, bench and pushups use just about the same muscles. Seems to me that the main difference is just the learning the muscular coordination for bench. Otherwise, I have no explanation for my results.
you can push more than just your body weight by doing pushups fast or by doing pop ups when you push up. think about it. that's what you are doing anyway when you are doing a pushup. If you were only lifting your body weight, then you'd never go up or down - you'd just stay level.
290 at 126? How does it feel to be the best in the US?
HEY! Drop 3 more pounds and you can be a World Record Holder!
http://www.goheavy.net/records/viewrecordset.aspx?recordsetguid=d63f5875-c989-46e9-aa6d-6e89857882f5
190 to 290...I can buy that in my 16 months I've put at least 100lbs on my bench, squat and deadlift.
But no way are you 126lbs
Alan
Ha! this is why i give my friends that started doing triathlon after college shit. they can't be good enough at running to beat anybody, so they have to drop a couple thousand bucks on gear and train 5 hours a day to be mediocre at 3 things in order to beat people!
Mr. Average wrote:
Mediocre 5k time plus Mediocre strength equals first place. This event represents institutionalized medocrity at its best....maybe this guy should be the next President.
so is 16:16 and 30 reps the best known result?
are there other competitions that have a faster winning time on a certified course?
runningart,
Yeah, i'm aware of those results. I've also seen other organizations' lists. I believe there is a guy named Mike Kuhns who is in the 300s so I'm not the best.
Furthermore, I think the world record for the 132 weight class is around 400lbs. So how do I feel about being the possibly best in the US? The same as I'd feel as if I was the best 10ker in the US (still over a minute slower than the world record *yawn*).
And say I did drop 3 more pounds and became a world record holder? Then what? What is your point behind that statement? Is it that I would have money or fame? 'cause I've never heard of any professional weight lifters before.
Maybe you should ask for my training advice instead of bashing me. Only one of those will make you a better athlete.
yeah...troll fail....*yawn*
Alan
Do you live your real life this negatively?
You didn't answer any of my questions about your points. I am genuinely interested in the explanations.
Do you doubt the ability of everyone who has gotten better/faster results than you? Also, what would me being the best in the US or the world have to do with anything? The only purpose your statements seem to serve is as hollow buttresses for your negativity.
You didn't ask any questions....
I know a spade when I see a spade...You're not benching 290 at 126lb talking about pushups v benching on a running board.
Your second post about the expected responses did you in. Don't be obvious...
I leave you with this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs
Alan
art,
There are at least 4 question marks in my first response.
How does me talking about pushups v benching on a running board discredit me?
How does my post about expected responses discredit me?
1. Those aren't really answerable questions.
2. You don't get to a bench press OVER TWICE YOUR BODYWEIGHT on pushups.
3. Because it's what trolls do. You are leading us to water and I am drinking.
And, no one benching twice their bodyweight is posting anything on a running forum...
Alan
real experience, quit the pathetic troll attempts.
They aren't really answerable questions? I asked you what your points were behind your statements. How is that not answerable?
I didn't say that I got to bench press twice my bodyweight on pushups. I said that I was doing tons of pushups which got me into decent shape and then I said that I spent 6-7 months in the gym doing actual bench pressing. Didn't Herschel Walker do only pushups and body weight exercises???
Here's another question for you:
Why is no one benching twice their bodyweight posting anything on a running forum?
Actually, I'm beginning to think that you are really the troll. If so, congrats, you got me. But don't let your tricks affect the impressionable people reading this. You're spreading a mindset of doubt and impossibility and preventing inspiration.
51 REPS, good gawd.
http://www.runningtime.net/Races/PumpRun/2008sp/Results/5KpumpsM.htm
They should have a pump and triathlon!
After doing a whole bunch of bench pressing they should immediately go out for an ocean swim! They could maybe tie weights to their backs for an extra time reduction. Take a chance!
I'm also calling a bluff on the Uncle Rico guy benching 290. For a weightlifting competition, you could easily cut weight and make 113, rehydrate and not lose much strength. It's obvious you're a troll because you'd be one of the best in the world for your size and weren't a professional lifter. And not to mention if you ran low 15s like you said, you probably had a lot of slow twitch muscle fibers, which would not help you have a high max bench.
Triathalon Dave wrote:
They should have a pump and triathlon!
After doing a whole bunch of bench pressing they should immediately go out for an ocean swim! They could maybe tie weights to their backs for an extra time reduction. Take a chance!
haven't found a triathlon version of this yet... but have found at the Flying Pig Pump N' Run in Cincinnati, OH they have run portions of 5k, 10, half, full marathon. so you pump and then choose your event.
http://www.pumpandrunrace.com/the others i know about
Warrington, PA
May 8
Kennet Square, PA
May 15
any others on the east coast (Philly, DC, NYC area?)
Ohio seems to be a mecca for pump and runs. found another
Lancaster Fire Fighters 5k and Pump & Run
Lancaster OHIO
aug 29, 2009, no date yet for this year
he's def a troll.
but on a side note, does the low 15k he claims mean his upper body fibers are slow twitch developed as well? runningart? are runners at a disadvantage compared to sedentary individuals?
stillsearching..
I remember you were asking on another thread about pump and runs. There is one in (I think) New Albany, OH in September. There's no info on the web about it yet. I'm going to be training specifically for this and hopefully be able to get the 30 reps and be in 15:40s shape by then. The Lancaster is about an hour from my hometown, so I might do that one as well.
Ohio has a lot of pump and runs. Snows so much in the winter people just bulk up benching and such.