He's also 6'1, it's really not that big of a deal. Maybe if he was 80kg then we'd have something to talk about.
Honestly, he looks even taller than 6'1" in person. I'm guessing he's more like 6'2" or 6'3". 74 kg is about 164 lb, so that's not at all heavy for a middle distance guy and allows him to have good muscular strength/speed. Makloufi is 5'9", 154-lb. Nick Willis 6'0", 150-lb. Ollie Hoare and Joe Klecker are both about 6'0", 160-lb. Me personally ran the 800/1,500 at 6'3", 180-lb. It legitimately wasn't healthy for me to go skinnier than that as that was 6% body fat. Maybe it's not as conducive to longer distances as there is significant proof that 10K and marathon runners needs to be skinnier; however, Jakob is never going to contend at those distances, so it doesn't matter. He's skinny enough and powerful enough to be a good 1,500 runner, and he has enough aerobic capacity to be good at 5K as well despite outweighing the East Africans.
He's also 6'1, it's really not that big of a deal. Maybe if he was 80kg then we'd have something to talk about.
Honestly, he looks even taller than 6'1" in person. I'm guessing he's more like 6'2" or 6'3". 74 kg is about 164 lb, so that's not at all heavy for a middle distance guy and allows him to have good muscular strength/speed. Makloufi is 5'9", 154-lb. Nick Willis 6'0", 150-lb. Ollie Hoare and Joe Klecker are both about 6'0", 160-lb. Me personally ran the 800/1,500 at 6'3", 180-lb. It legitimately wasn't healthy for me to go skinnier than that as that was 6% body fat. Maybe it's not as conducive to longer distances as there is significant proof that 10K and marathon runners needs to be skinnier; however, Jakob is never going to contend at those distances, so it doesn't matter. He's skinny enough and powerful enough to be a good 1,500 runner, and he has enough aerobic capacity to be good at 5K as well despite outweighing the East Africans.
I agree that you don't have to be skinny at all to be a 800/1500-guy. But, look at all the 5k guys who he beat in the worlds, he's 10-15 kg's heavier than all of them. Jakob will win a 10k gold in the worlds or in the Olympics some day, wait and see.
Marathon is probably a bit more uncertain for a tall guy like him. Every world class marathon runner is tiny.
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According to the latest episode of the Norwegian Podcast "Breaking Marathon Limits", Jakob Ingebrigtsen weighs 74kg(163Ibs) to his height of 187cm (6ft 2in) wich equals a BMI of 21.Time to debunk the myth "the leaner the bett...
According to the latest episode of the Norwegian Podcast "Breaking Marathon Limits", Jakob Ingebrigtsen weighs 74kg(163Ibs) to his height of 187cm (6ft 2in) wich equals a BMI of 21.
Time to debunk the myth "the leaner the better" without loosing strenght/power. What do I mean by that?
Jakob has (as we all clearly have seen both on the track and XC) improving his PBs and medal harvest every year and is already one of the best middle-longdistance athlete in the world! One key to success is consistency without withdrawal from long term injury and/-or illness. Better to be on the safety side than to chasing weight. That's a recipe for short term effects until you getting multiple injuries after another (stress fractures in particular due to underfueling/overtraining at a level your body can´t handle).
A quote from his father (and former coach) Gjert Ingebrigtsen: "People get "shocked" and ask, isn't nutrition important? Well, the important thing about nutrition is to get enough nutrition. Because there are far too many of you who get too little. I see much more of it than those who get too much."
According to the latest episode of the Norwegian Podcast "Breaking Marathon Limits", Jakob Ingebrigtsen weighs 74kg(163Ibs) to his height of 187cm (6ft 2in) wich equals a BMI of 21.
Time to debunk the myth "the leaner the better" without loosing strenght/power. What do I mean by that?
Jakob has (as we all clearly have seen both on the track and XC) improving his PBs and medal harvest every year and is already one of the best middle-longdistance athlete in the world! One key to success is consistency without withdrawal from long term injury and/-or illness. Better to be on the safety side than to chasing weight. That's a recipe for short term effects until you getting multiple injuries after another (stress fractures in particular due to underfueling/overtraining at a level your body can´t handle).
A quote from his father (and former coach) Gjert Ingebrigtsen: "People get "shocked" and ask, isn't nutrition important? Well, the important thing about nutrition is to get enough nutrition. Because there are far too many of you who get too little. I see much more of it than those who get too much."
Agree with everything here.
The most important thing in running is consistency in training. The biggest reason for injuries and burnout are the lack of calories over time.
You would be surprise how much a guy like Jakob eats, his fiancé said that he eats two dinners each day. I would guess he eats like 4000-5000 calories every day.
The Norwegian triathletes eats a ton of junk as well to get in the necessary calories for their training. Their coach has stated that the limiting factor in triatlon is how many calories the body can process. More calories = more training.
I think all of these posts are spot on. I have been told many times that runner injuries are not because of overuse. They are due to under recovering (most PEDs help with recovery). Gotta fuel to recover. But also being massive, beats up the body more. If you train super hard and fuel, your body will find its level
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