How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?

duh, forgot the link

Ok, we are all ready to watch the YouTube video of you doing pull-ups. Just set your phone to record, do the pull-ups and upload to YouTube. The pull-ups will take 1 minute. The upload to YouTube will take 5 minutes.

Yeah, I thought so. Just another of the 99% who claim they can do 20 strict chin-ups, but can't. Fraud.

I don't know about that. There will be a tremendous range of body sizes and shapes doing both of those. They're roughly equivalent performances. (per IAAF scoring tables a 5:00 mile is equivalent to a 2:57:51 marathon - close enough). A few years ago I ran a 2:56 marathon and both of the guys who finished with me were huge - one looked like the Pillsbury Dough Boy and the other looked like a brick wall (both huge, both Army, both could probably put up closer to 325 pounds, I doubt either could run a 5 minute mile).

MFS? Is that you?

Not that rare, most solid college teams with a strong middle distance group will probably have 1-2 guys that can do that. It just takes a more bulky 800 guy that runs mid 1:50s or faster with a lot of lifting in their training.

Couple of years after college (late 1980s) I was 1x250 and 4:15 mile, sub 15 5k. I could put up 10x 200. Weighed 145. I'd been lifting and running though since before highschool. Got into a weekly contest with my roommate on the bench for several months. He didn't run though and no, I never outlifted him on the bench.

Oh my, oh my. Been called a lot of things, but never a fraud. Sorry they haven't updated my 48 in 1 minute yet senior record. From the original 45 listed.

May 18th will youtube 2 minute attempt. Would be nice to get 70, not sure I will though. That will not be continous like the 1 minute records.

Also chin ups are hands reversed- I do pullups. All strict within rules, feet crossed behind me, no kicking out in front, chin above bar(2 cameras are required), full 100% lockout, grip width is limited. Separate from guiness - guiness does allow super wide grips which is why that "shrug" record is much higher.

They do have leg swinging and kipping records there- not my style though.

Cheers to you any old guy, but I'm probably top 1/10 of a percent.

I am going to do this on my 50th birthday! Unfortunately, no one will care, understand or compensate me. Darn.

That WR was performed by Jimmy Kolb. He's 326 lbs on only a 5-9 frame - that's a baby bull & a monster of a man! 😲

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breakingmuscle.com

Powerlifter Jimmy Kolb Logs 612.5-Kilogram (1,350.3-Pound) Equipped Bench Press World Record - Breaking Muscle

@BreakingMuscle

No powerlifter had ever lifted over 600 kilograms before Kolb. But it looks like Kolb is poised to reach new heights by himself.

Link:breakingmuscle.com/jimmy-kolb-bench-pr...

I agree with "anyoldguy" - I doubt there's any 125 pounders that can bench 225 (maybe on gear but not clean, IMO).

125 lbs is dumutive! A mouse of a man. Lol I'm only 5'6" but weigh 175 - that's 50 lbs over that weight! (I was ~200 lbs back in my younger years when I was competitively power lifting).

I first benched pressed 250 lbs. weighing (137 or 138) lbs., age 17. If I knew it was a thing, I believe I could have done so at 125 lbs. early. I don't recall if under this username or another one on this thread, as I stated earlier, I have never bothered to try to bench press more than 260 lbs. I assumed weight can would correlate.

I did 4:54 and my max bench is 200 lbs strict form watched by my weightlifting coach. I'm also curious because when I race, I don't see many runners with the same body composition as me. My 3200m was 11:07 but I have been locked in with training. I believe in smart training, good sleep, and good eating habits. I supplement myself with creatine, B-Complex, and Omega 3 for cognitive purposes but I am aware that Omega 3 also has cardiovascular benefits.

Edit: I weight 138 lbs @ 5'6 and I'm 17 years old.

Bench press for a 3200m guy is simply to help with your true weight lifting goal: getting in squat rack and squatting x 10 reps twice your body weight.