I doubt the elites go near a bench press - many elite coaches consider it to be a worthless exercise. Chin-ups, pull-ups, push ups, dips for upper body.
I doubt the elites go near a bench press - many elite coaches consider it to be a worthless exercise. Chin-ups, pull-ups, push ups, dips for upper body.
ThatAverageRunner wrote:
When I was consistently benching and running I weighed about 145lbs (give or take 3 or 4) and was 5'11. I maxed at about 185.
Was that your one rep max?
One rep max can be calculated from the number of reps at a particular weight, for instance 5 reps @ 185 lbs is the equivalent of a 208 one rep max.
http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/OneRepMax.htmlNote that some calcs differ.
Back in 83 wrote:
I doubt the elites go near a bench press - many elite coaches consider it to be a worthless exercise. Chin-ups, pull-ups, push ups, dips for upper body.
i wouldn't go near it if i weren't trying to put on just a little muscle, for specificity to running it probably does absolutely nothing. i tend to stick to dumbbell presses normally anyway.
100lb assuming they don't bench to increase their max regularly. Which they don't because if they did, they wouldn't be elite distance runners.
Right on the money.
I would bet the majority of the worlds top 10 distance runners in the 5, 10, sreeple, and Marathon bench 135-150 at the most.
I think you guys are giving them way too much credit. Distance runners are usually 120-140 pounds. I bet most of them max around 95-115.
I spent a year lifting one hour every day. Ran 60 miles a week at 8 min. Weight 145, height 5'7", 50 years old. I got up to 225, then never tried to go any higher. Some of the shorter elites should be able to do 180 if they focus on it for several months.
Committed to Inovation wrote:
I spent a year lifting one hour every day. Ran 60 miles a week at 8 min. Weight 145, height 5'7", 50 years old. I got up to 225, then never tried to go any higher. Some of the shorter elites should be able to do 180 if they focus on it for several months.
Lifting for an hour per day is meaningless. You don't lift for time. You lift lbs and reps.
He is built like an 800 meter runner or even a 400 meter runner that max isn't shocking
He probably can out lift Lemaitre....
im skinny, long limbs, weak etc and benched 170. never benched before
The equivalent question for weight lifters and bodybuilders would be how fast could Mr. Universe run 5,000m?
I remember reading a bodybuilding magazine and they said under no circumstances are you to jog ever. If you jog and you are carrying 250+ pounds of muscle you will cut into your mass and lose size. That said many bodybuilder will power walk this distance at a pace that a mail man would.
Maria Mutola is feminine wrote:
I remember reading a bodybuilding magazine and they said under no circumstances are you to jog ever. If you jog and you are carrying 250+ pounds of muscle you will cut into your mass and lose size. That said many bodybuilder will power walk this distance at a pace that a mail man would.
I've heard that too from the body builder at the gym I used to lift at. He did some cardio but said that after 2 miles you would negate gains in muscle growth.
For the most part in order to gain muscle size you need a calorie surplus. Running, and most other forms of cardio will make running a calorie surplus very difficult. Also, one of the adaptations to cardio is reduced muscle size...ie: your body doesn't want to carry big legs through the air while running.
So many hard core lifters will not do any cardio. Bodybuilders who are cutting weight though will typically do quite a bit of cardio to cut body fat. The problem with this is that you will inevitably lose some muscle size in the process. This is why steroids and other anabolics became very popular and was one of their first uses in the bodybuilding world...to retain size while cutting. So look at the bodybuilders today...they can cut all the fat they want without worrying about losing muscle mass due to the amount of drugs they are on.
Alan
Got into lifting pretty seriously this year, I don't see many of them getting above 180, I'd say 160 wouldn't be too bad for their size although they are pretty low on the body fat % so maybe they're a bit stronger pound for pound compared to someone else that weight.
At the risk of asking the obvious, I have to wonder: who cares? The ability to bench press any amount of weight seems pretty irrelevant to what a distance runner is trying to do.
In HS I could bench 190 for 3 reps as a 4:27 miler.
who cares? How fast can the best bench presser run a mile? One isn't related to the other in any way.