FERGUS MF CRAWLEY: SUB 5 MILE, 500LB BACK SQUAT, AND A MARATHON ON THE SAME DAY

Impressive. He's got the legs for squats but otherwise smaller than you'd expect, which suits him a bit more for the track. Then too he just went out in 32/64 unaccountably. At first, I thought that was going to be the warmup he was speaking of. That 64 killed him, so that I'd really expect him to run more like 4:48 with even pace but it's hard to say when you knock out your legs on the first lap. As it was, 64/75/80/79 shows that reduced to a sort of jog, he could still hack 80s.

Nick Symmonds must be crying himself to sleep right now. Ha.

But how much can he bench one-armed on the Smith machine???

Runningart2004 wrote:

That.....is.....stupid.

Alan

You mad out of touch if you think 500lbs is average for "decent" hs ballplayers. Maybe d1 and nfl. And I know you aren't talking, knowing that you couldn't do all 3 in a 5 year span

LRC observer wrote:

In high school I squatted 225 x 50 to warm up during the winter of my senior year. Three months later I ran a 4:33 1600m. I was planning on playing D2-3 football the next fall but elected to run XC and track.

If you're not bullshitting, your max should be over 610. Was it? Given that you said it was a warmup and chose track over powerlifting or any strength-related sport, I diagnose you with a lying-to-strangers-online fetish.

He might be literally the only man on the planet who can do this. There are more people who could do it if they trained their asses off for it. But wow... that is ridic impressive. Heavy squatting and distance running do not mix well at all.

brosfa wrote:

You mad out of touch if you think 500lbs is average for "decent" hs ballplayers. Maybe d1 and nfl. And I know you aren't talking, knowing that you couldn't do all 3 in a 5 year span

Have you ever been to Texas? There's tons of kids that can squat 500 that don't even get playing time on their high school teams.

I bet there are more high schoolers that can squat 500 pounds than there are high schoolers that can run 4:30 in the 1600

You know less about lifting than running if you think online calculators spit out real world results. I could squat 405 though.

You've missed the point wrote:

NJ fan wrote:

Why? Nothing he did is impressive. He would lose to most decent middle school boys in the mile. His squat is average among decent high school football players. And there are people in their 80s that finish marathons.

Absolutely none of those boy milers could squat anywhere near 500, probably not even 200.

It would hilarious to see a fat arsed high school football player who can squat 500lbs, try to break 5min mile. Maybe some studly running back, but pretty unlikely.

Also, very few high school football players can squat 500 pounds, anyway, so that statement wasn't true. Maybe 1 in 10 schools have a high schooler squatting that at any given season. Maybe a lot could go on to squat that, but it takes more years after puberty hits, too many are only 2 or 3 years post puberty when they graduate from high school, they haven't had time to put on any real strength and mass.

This "sub 5, 500lb" thing comes up pretty often. I've never done it myself. But I was a pretty crap decathlete, I'm sure some bigger and better decs could do it with no issues. At 6'1", I was squatting about 450 and running sub 430 for the 1500 as a decathlete. Decathlon best was 4:26 for 1500. The elite decathletes are all stronger than I was. A lot of the bigger guys could squat over 500 pounds and run sub 5 in the mile.

I'm not saying its a walk in the park, just that there are probably quite a few guys floating around college track teams who "could" do this. It takes training, though. Decathlon training just happens to be well suited to something liks this.

kid from PA wrote:

Fergus deserves an all caps title. The man is a god, and he makes Matt London look like a baby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=758&v=UXVz6_kn9RQ&feature=emb_title

I do not know what Matt London's squat personal best. Most likely close to 500 pounds.

This fella's Marathon is awful. I am sure there are 70-something ladies with one lung who can race a Marathon under eleven minutes a mile.

Now we are going to compare this fella's 4:58 one mile or 1600m to Matt London, a 51ish 400m man. Matt London's 400mP.B. is far superior to this 4:58

Decathlon.

Most of those guys could lift 500lb if they did a little specific work.

They can already do the 1500.

NJ fan wrote:

brosfa wrote:

You mad out of touch if you think 500lbs is average for "decent" hs ballplayers. Maybe d1 and nfl. And I know you aren't talking, knowing that you couldn't do all 3 in a 5 year span

Have you ever been to Texas? There's tons of kids that can squat 500 that don't even get playing time on their high school teams.

I bet there are more high schoolers that can squat 500 pounds than there are high schoolers that can run 4:30 in the 1600

Yeah I’m from that area and, other than some linemen who probably couldn’t do a sub-5 800, no one was squatting 500. Maybe we had a linebackers or hybrid DE that could have come close to 500 and a sub-6 mile but it would have required some actual track training. Football players don’t waste their time running more than about 120 yards at a time. And that’s at a major D-1 university with an elite football program. No freaking way that there are tons of HS players who are stronger than the most elite level college football players.

Murdock wrote:

Yeah I’m from that area and, other than some linemen who probably couldn’t do a sub-5 800, no one was squatting 500. Maybe we had a linebackers or hybrid DE that could have come close to 500 and a sub-6 mile but it would have required some actual track training. Football players don’t waste their time running more than about 120 yards at a time. And that’s at a major D-1 university with an elite football program. No freaking way that there are tons of HS players who are stronger than the most elite level college football players.

500lbs is getting up there. 2x of BW is pretty doable for most people but it drops off rapidly after that.

But the marathon really needs a time standard. Anybody can survive a marathon. Something like a 3:30 would be about right. Maybe 4:00 if you want to make it easy.

NJ fan wrote:

Have you ever been to Texas? There's tons of kids that can squat 500 that don't even get playing time on their high school teams.

I bet there are more high schoolers that can squat 500 pounds than there are high schoolers that can run 4:30 in the 1600

1) the texas boys squatting 500 weigh 300+. the massive guts they have allow them to suck in so much air to act as a compressor.

2) the highschoolers running 4:30 1600 weight 120....

so this guys achievement is pretty legit. lets see a video of you doing same if its mediocre.

NJ fan wrote:

You've missed the point wrote:

Absolutely none of those boy milers could squat anywhere near 500, probably not even 200.

It would hilarious to see a fat arsed high school football player who can squat 500lbs, try to break 5min mile. Maybe some studly running back, but pretty unlikely.

So your point is we should celebrate mediocrity????

There are people who can bench press 500 pounds for reps and that can squat over 1000. There are people who can deadlift 500 KG. There are also people who can run under 3:45 for a mile. Kipchoge ran 4:35 per mile for an entire marathon.

What's next? Are we going to worship a guy that can high jump his own height, do a handstand, hold his breathe for 60 seconds, finish a 5k in under 30 minutes, cook a medium rare steak and belch the alphabet all in the same day?

I bet you think you're a better athlete than Ashton Eaton.

kid from PA wrote:

NJ fan wrote:

So your point is we should celebrate mediocrity????

There are people who can bench press 500 pounds for reps and that can squat over 1000. There are people who can deadlift 500 KG. There are also people who can run under 3:45 for a mile. Kipchoge ran 4:35 per mile for an entire marathon.

What's next? Are we going to worship a guy that can high jump his own height, do a handstand, hold his breathe for 60 seconds, finish a 5k in under 30 minutes, cook a medium rare steak and belch the alphabet all in the same day?

I bet you think you're a better athlete than Ashton Eaton.

It's also worth point out that these guys are probably doping to the extreme.

kid from PA wrote:

NJ fan wrote:

So your point is we should celebrate mediocrity????

There are people who can bench press 500 pounds for reps and that can squat over 1000. There are people who can deadlift 500 KG. There are also people who can run under 3:45 for a mile. Kipchoge ran 4:35 per mile for an entire marathon.

What's next? Are we going to worship a guy that can high jump his own height, do a handstand, hold his breathe for 60 seconds, finish a 5k in under 30 minutes, cook a medium rare steak and belch the alphabet all in the same day?

I bet you think you're a better athlete than Ashton Eaton.

Why you gotta insult the man for stating his opinion? He’s right and you’re wrong. Accept it.

NJ fan wrote:

For the record, his marathon was 11:13 pace per mile.

Still...good for someone his size.