.... was 6'1 165 lbs. Hanes appears to be roughly the same weight even though he's about 8 inches shorter. For this to be a reasonable comparison, Solinsky would need to be over 200 lbs. Safe to say his body would not have held up under the same workload at that weight, considering it broke down at 165.
I think solinksy would peak at about 169, but this was also as sub 27 min guy. Truett guy is around 162, and 3-4 inches shorter but is dropping weight consistently, think he's already dropped 15 pounds or so. Looks pretty lean to me, , dont know why people think it's so impossible.If he cuts down 10 pounds which I think he intends to do, will be right on line with people like stephen scullion or sisay lemmahttps://www.instagram.com/reel/DE82djWunmj/
I mean of course he could be doping. But I think it unlikely and dont get the overwhelming outrage. This dude has his main house in the mountains, at altitude. Has literally done 10,000 pull ups in 24 hrs, which is an insane feat of endurance. Has run a 3:30 marathon at age 13. And is literally a professional runner now doing 100 mile weeks after doing 70 mile weeks for a year. Really isn't as sus as people are making it out to be.
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I mean of course he could be doping. But I think it unlikely and dont get the overwhelming outrage. This dude has his main house in the mountains, at altitude. Has literally done 10,000 pull ups in 24 hrs, which is an insane feat of endurance. Has run a 3:30 marathon at age 13. And is literally a professional runner now doing 100 mile weeks after doing 70 mile weeks for a year. Really isn't as sus as people are making it out to be.
Bro finishes 627th at Boston and you talk like he’s some sort of running god. You’re absolutely right, finishing 627th place when running is your only job isn’t sus.
Exactly, and its not like hes some random dude. Dude is doing only youtube. Has clearly got this grindy mindset. Doing like 2000 pull ups a day to train for the 10,000. Has got a running background and has done a year of 70 mile weeks. Only anomaly is his muscle mass otherwise no one would even bat an eye. He basically has 10 pounds more muscle than your higher end weight hobby joggers. Dude is also living at 1300m apparently, which helps.
His time isnt impressive. The fact that some jacked dude is running a marathon in jeans will inspire more people to run though, which is very good. Contrary to what this board thinks, your average person is not going to look at this and start doping... People these days start crying over the smallest of things.
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Contrary to what this board thinks, your average person is not going to look at this and start doping... People these days start crying over the smallest of things.
Contrary to what you think, this is exactly what's going to happen. Go to your local gym and ask how many 18-23 year olds are on gear. A lot of them are starting to get real honest about it, and it's mostly for social media.
So when someone who is doping runs well, will inspire new runners to dope, so they can in turn, run well.
Exactly, and its not like hes some random dude. Dude is doing only youtube. Has clearly got this grindy mindset. Doing like 2000 pull ups a day to train for the 10,000. Has got a running background and has done a year of 70 mile weeks. Only anomaly is his muscle mass otherwise no one would even bat an eye. He basically has 10 pounds more muscle than your higher end weight hobby joggers. Dude is also living at 1300m apparently, which helps.
His time isnt impressive. The fact that some jacked dude is running a marathon in jeans will inspire more people to run though, which is very good. Contrary to what this board thinks, your average person is not going to look at this and start doping... People these days start crying over the smallest of things.
100% it will lead to kids and young adults doping! The rise of TRT in gym culture is nuts. 100% of it is down to influencers normalising doping. Even if they don't outright say they are in gear- we all know they are.
Impatient young adults and kids want it all and quickly. People like Jeans Kid are broadcasting, "Be jacked and a cardio beast"! Also, "It's fine to run races with your top off" ( a pet hate of mine, should be banned!). I think CrossFit germinated this message and Hybrid has taken the baton.
When kids find they lose muscle training like Jeans Kid - they'll jump on the gear. They'll convince themselves they have low testosterone and call it TRT, though.
There are about a half a dozen posts completely melting down over the doping talk. It reminds me of Lance Armstrong back in the day! I think there is only one person in the world who could be that mad about doping talk surrounding Marathon Jeans Doper Guy. Hi Truett. You should layoff the roids. The heart failure in 20 years makes the short term gains not worth it.
Exactly, and its not like hes some random dude. Dude is doing only youtube. Has clearly got this grindy mindset. Doing like 2000 pull ups a day to train for the 10,000. Has got a running background and has done a year of 70 mile weeks. Only anomaly is his muscle mass otherwise no one would even bat an eye. He basically has 10 pounds more muscle than your higher end weight hobby joggers. Dude is also living at 1300m apparently, which helps.
His time isnt impressive. The fact that some jacked dude is running a marathon in jeans will inspire more people to run though, which is very good. Contrary to what this board thinks, your average person is not going to look at this and start doping... People these days start crying over the smallest of things.
100% it will lead to kids and young adults doping! The rise of TRT in gym culture is nuts. 100% of it is down to influencers normalising doping. Even if they don't outright say they are in gear- we all know they are.
Impatient young adults and kids want it all and quickly. People like Jeans Kid are broadcasting, "Be jacked and a cardio beast"! Also, "It's fine to run races with your top off" ( a pet hate of mine, should be banned!). I think CrossFit germinated this message and Hybrid has taken the baton.
When kids find they lose muscle training like Jeans Kid - they'll jump on the gear. They'll convince themselves they have low testosterone and call it TRT, though.
100%.
From the NIH's website:
Anabolic steroids can cause severe, long-lasting, and in some cases, irreversible damage. They can lead to early heart attacks, strokes, liver tumors, kidney failure, and psychiatric problems. In addition, stopping steroid use can cause depression, often leading to resumption of use.
Yesterday on my run I saw a roided out gymbro angrily ranting about how entering the country illegally "makes you a criminal and any criminals should be in jail." Whose going to tell him roids are illegal and their use is a crime?
Exactly, and its not like hes some random dude. Dude is doing only youtube. Has clearly got this grindy mindset. Doing like 2000 pull ups a day to train for the 10,000. Has got a running background and has done a year of 70 mile weeks. Only anomaly is his muscle mass otherwise no one would even bat an eye. He basically has 10 pounds more muscle than your higher end weight hobby joggers. Dude is also living at 1300m apparently, which helps.
His time isnt impressive. The fact that some jacked dude is running a marathon in jeans will inspire more people to run though, which is very good. Contrary to what this board thinks, your average person is not going to look at this and start doping... People these days start crying over the smallest of things.
If a formerly elite or sub elite runner decided to focus on hybrid training and gained 25 lbs of muscle and was still able to run a 2:34 marathon then no one would bat an eye. However, Truett has a long history as a runner and was not particular good. He was a decent high school cross country runner, who cracked 18 minutes a few times in the 5K. And yet suddenly, after running and competing in distance races for most of his life, he becomes a social media influencer, gains a significant amount of muscle and post huge prs. Look how much slower Nick Symmonds and Ryan Hall became after focusing on strength training. I don't think Nick was able to crack 5 minutes in the mile while also trying to focus on lifting. Truett's times just do not add up.
Oh man, Nick Symmonds, haven't seen anything from him in a while. Last couple Youtube vids are a "taking a break" vid and one from climbing Denali 8 months ago. Hasn't posted on Insta since September 2024 either. Really seems to be introspective about turning 40.
I've been following this guy's YouTube channel for almost a year now and have some thoughts.
1. I don't think any of us has a clear idea of how much aerobic development someone might be able to gain from doing over an hour of pullups per day. In some of his videos, he shows his heart rate after a set, and it generally seems to be around zone 2, so there's certainly some cardiovascular benefit to high rep pullups that needs to be understood as a benefit to endurance events in general.
2. He does have a running background, although his high school times, based on what can be found online, are nothing to write home about. He doesn't appear to have significant running talent.
3. His physique compared to videos from just 2ish years ago is significantly bigger looking. Some of this could be leanness, but PED's could also be a factor.
4. To be highly successful at pullups and running, carrying the level of muscle mass that he has, particularly in the chest and front-delts is extremely suspicious as an indicator of PED use. High level rock climbers would likely have a physique similar to what extensive pull-up training would garner, and they look nothing like this. Androgen receptors are disproportionately in the upper chest/shoulders, which look to be overdeveloped without any obvious amount of high-level training to those areas in particular.
5. Running high mileage and doing pull-ups for endurance are not anabolic activities. I'm 6', 180, with a relatively high muscle mass. Even running 30+ MPW, I quickly drop to 170 lbs and do not really look like I lift weights at all. He has been working out longer, and more intensely than I have, but the muscle fullness at this level of training is abnormal for someone not on PED's.
6. Recovery/durability from this extremely high amount of exercise is indicative of PED use.
Yeah the guy works hard, and he looks great, but if you think that you can accomplish this without using PED's, you're going to be disappointed. It's always possible that he's an absolute genetic freak and doing it without gear, but the evidence based on what he used to look like and his past running performance don't point in that direction.
"Truett has a long history as a runner and was not particular good."
1:54 half marathon at age 8. 3:30 marathon at age 13.
If that is not evidence of otherworldy talent you must be one dumb nut. Some nerdos can't fathom that not everyone busts there ass off training in high school.
That's not evidence of a running background, that's evidence of bad parenting.
The guy's on the juice. I think the real story is just how amazing epo/hgh/trt is.
I know a guy MUCH skinner than truett (but still jacked) who can bench 300 lb and ran 245 at boston. Two weeks later, and he's still shuffling at 8 minute pace as he recovers. He's not on anything other than supplements....and epitomizes how there's a tradeoff between strength training and endurance running.
Nick symmonds is training to climb everest "sub sub elite local hobby jogger" "Really seems to be introspective about turning 40." Not everyone spends their midlife crisis pushing their weight on a random online forum.
Nick symmonds is training to climb everest "sub sub elite local hobby jogger" "Really seems to be introspective about turning 40." Not everyone spends their midlife crisis pushing their weight on a random online forum.
Mate, why are you frosty and willing to act like the online bodyguard of these social media personalities that you never met? I said nothing derogatory about Symmonds. He seems to have significantly scaled back his online presence to pursue other, less public things. Fine, great, doing Youtube is a grind. That's called being introspective about how one spends their time.
Also interesting that he claimed to do all 50 state high points, which I am trying to do. Impressive feat.