What is wrong with you people? You are deranged. If Emma--a perfect human specimen-- has to defend her body to you basement-dwellers, then truly, your judgment should not be considered on any topic. This is deranged.
If I were Emma, I’d keep going for it until Paris.
let’s say she only has a 5% chance of medaling there and a 50% chance of not even making the final. In her shoes, I’d still go for it. She has her whole life to get an indoors job, why rush it? And actually I think her odds in both categories are better than that.
Would you say tha same during an NFL game when receiver tries to block a lineman? Yes the receiver is in perfect shape but that doesn't mean he is better at blocking than somebody who weighs 75 pounds more.
Her analysis is rediculous. She is older and slower.
I generally like Emma but I agree her analysis was a bit odd — she said they hadn’t done nearly as much fast or hard work and thought stacking consistent and easier work would amount to the same fitness.
Feeling “good” for long blocks of training doesn’t equate to being super fit. I’m surprised she thinks that at this point in her career (of course she knows her body better than anyone, but still odd).
The other obvious factor is that the steeple was always a weaker event but now that women with world class flat times are moving to it, it’s a lot harder for a mediocre flat runner to compete.
Her current coach is nowhere as smart as her previous coach.
give it a rest you morans! No, she's not done. nor is she likely to win another championship medal but crazy stuff happens in the steeple so you never know. And it's extremely doubtful she'd give 10K or marathon a try.
LMAO!! Emma thought she was in 8:50 shape?!?! What? She’s in complete denial. I bet she tells people in her personal life she’s basically the AR holder even though she isn’t. Emma has never once been in sub 9 shape never mind 8:50 shape. The Patriots went 19-0 too Emma.
Never? She literally won a world title and ran exactly 9:00 so you are wrong. Imo one she needs to go to a winter camp in Florida or Arizona for a few weeks. Two she should run some 5k's indoors or outdoors next year. She ran 4:04 which is pretty good for 1500 this year but she should build some strength and she can run in the 15:0x's which would give her some strength. Norah Jeruto has a 14:51 PB so running close to that would give her a solid shot
Yes but you can't increase power without weight when you are at extreme fitness.
Are you talking about body weight? She is tiny. I do not understand the board's and most runner's obsession with body weight. Train to improve performance. Eat to improve performance. Your body weight will settle to whatever weight improves performance.
There is no competitive or elite runners alive who has to worry about weight gain if the above two conditions are met.
Increases in strength and power come from both increases in muscle size and neuromuscular adaptations. Most of the increases in strength & power initially come from neuromuscular adaptations, but these don't shut off completely after a certain number of days or sessions like some magic barrier.
Runners generally are very aerobically fit but also very physically weak. So saying someone is at some level of "extreme fitness" is misleading.
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Emma sat a few seats away from us at the Oly Trials last year. I was surprised how tiny she is. She is taller and “bigger” than other steeplers out on the track but by no means is she tall or big.
I can’t believe that someone could watch this video and look at her instagram, and still think she needs to lose weight. if she looks ‘too big’ to any of you, you’re mentally ill. there isn’t any fat on her at all. if she lost any weight she’d be malnourished and her performance would likely suffer, not improve.
the obsession with weight on this board defies science and logic. being skin and bones is not healthy for female runners, it just leads to red-s and increased injuries.
I can’t believe that someone could watch this video and look at her instagram, and still think she needs to lose weight. if she looks ‘too big’ to any of you, you’re mentally ill. there isn’t any fat on her at all. if she lost any weight she’d be malnourished and her performance would likely suffer, not improve.
the obsession with weight on this board defies science and logic. being skin and bones is not healthy for female runners, it just leads to red-s and increased injuries.
Seriously. Do people think that all distance runners should have the body type of McColgan or Klosterhalfen?
I can’t believe that someone could watch this video and look at her instagram, and still think she needs to lose weight. if she looks ‘too big’ to any of you, you’re mentally ill. there isn’t any fat on her at all. if she lost any weight she’d be malnourished and her performance would likely suffer, not improve.
the obsession with weight on this board defies science and logic. being skin and bones is not healthy for female runners, it just leads to red-s and increased injuries.
That dead stop RDL she is pulling is probably more weight than the LRs could pull.
I wonder if Joe is too enthralled with the data and science that Emma mentioned. Too much spreadsheet and not enough observing. Just my theory - unproven by science!
No she isn't tiny. She is an elite distance runner. She was likely the heaviest runner in the race. She has no body fat and is ultra fit but is larger than her competitors. Saying that she can get stronger without gaining more weight is false.
No she isn't tiny. She is an elite distance runner. She was likely the heaviest runner in the race. She has no body fat and is ultra fit but is larger than her competitors. Saying that she can get stronger without gaining more weight is false.
Heavier only because of her height.
Her power to weight ratio is probably a lot higher than the runners she beat to WIN the US title.
Stop speaking on things of which you are clueless.
You CAN build strength and more importantly POWER while maintaining your current weight.
Is it ideal for maximizing strength and power? Of course not. Endurance athletes are not trying to maximize strength and power. They are trying to OPTIMIZE strength and power while conducting the more important endurance training.
The barriers are the same height as the intermediate hurdle barriers, just like the men's races. You want them to go over higher barriers than the 400m Hurdlers? Should the men move up to 39" barriers then?