How Ryan Hall Gained 40 Pounds of Muscle

The article makes it sound like he didn't really enjoy running. Compare with Geb who still runs 100km/week.

Madzxd wrote:

Someone attributed his gains to protein intake but muscles grow by lifting weights not food, otherwise bodybuilders would spend all their time in the kitchen not the gym.

You obviously know nothing about bodybuilding. They spend more time eating than lifting. Especially when they are on the gear.

Lyfter wrote:

6x50g of protein per day = 300g. Considering he weights about 150 now that is pretty much where he should be (2x bodyweight).

The FDA recommendations for protein are clinically low and pushed by the grain industry, after all.

This is the most ridiculous post I have literally ever read on this website (unless you're trolling, in which case it's the best troll post). EVERY industry, from grain to cattle, benefits from the public misconception that higher protein intake somehow leads to better health. Farm animals consume WAY more grains than humans, so the more meat/dairy people eat, the more both industries benefit. That's why you see protein being pushed in virtually every packaged food.

The FDA can't up its recommendations for protein intake because the World Health Organization has already established the upper limits for safe protein consumption.

The majority of the 300g of protein Hall is force feeding himself to appease his sponsor is being turned into metabolic waste by his body.

Now, with that out of the way with, I think Hall's new hobby is great. It's so important to stay physically active and work towards individual goals as you age. So many men lose their "fire" because they walk away from physical activity to focus on other areas of life.

And if I had to guess, Hall's rapid increase in size/energy is absolutely due to testosterone therapy. But what that tells me is that Hall actually WAS clean during his career. At this point, why shouldn't he use synthetic testosterone? He has a family to worry about, and obviously he'll be healthier with the testosterone therapy.

OMG! This is that guy!!

So, I helped plan a bachelorette party for my friend and we hired some dancers. The company we went thru said they hand a fun new act called Heartland Heartthrobs, who were mid west farm boys. We hired them and they served us dinner in bib overall's with no shirts and then the show started. This dancer called himself Tommy and he was just great! I can't share pictures because the contract strictly said no cell phones or we'd be charged a hefty penalty from our security deposit. YES, I am 100% sure that this is the same farm boy,

http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/thats-not-fat-how-ryan-hall-gained-40-pounds-of-muscle

SoCalMom wrote:

OMG! This is that guy!!

So, I helped plan a bachelorette party for my friend and we hired some dancers. The company we went thru said they hand a fun new act called Heartland Heartthrobs, who were mid west farm boys. We hired them and they served us dinner in bib overall's with no shirts and then the show started. This dancer called himself Tommy and he was just great! I can't share pictures because the contract strictly said no cell phones or we'd be charged a hefty penalty from our security deposit. YES, I am 100% sure that this is the same farm boy,

http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/thats-not-fat-how-ryan-hall-gained-40-pounds-of-muscle

Bahahaha. I hope Sara doesn't find out about this!

Why not just keep up with the Khardasians?

Runner gets yoked, xfitguythereal1's head explodes.

Complete nonsense. There is no "upper limit" of "safe" protein consumption for people without kidney disease:"Overall, there is no evidence that a reasonably high protein intake has any adverse effects in healthy people trying to stay healthy. Bottom Line: Protein does not have any negative effects on kidney function in healthy people and studies show that it leads to improved bone health."https://authoritynutrition.com/how-much-protein-per-day/For a million years before the agricultural hijack of cereal grains, people were robust and healthy on protein (mostly animal sources) 19-35% of energy, comparable to the 20-40% carbohydrate consumption by kcals:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10702160?dopt=AbstractPlusFor someone adding lean body mass, 30+% of kcals from protein is perfectly appropriate. Starving the body of precious protein nutrition by running 140 miles a week on 10% or less of protein leads to the early demise of running careers as evidenced by athletes like Hall himself.

southbysouthbest wrote:

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The FDA can't up its recommendations for protein intake because the World Health Organization has already established the upper limits for safe protein consumption.

The majority of the 300g of protein Hall is force feeding himself to appease his sponsor is being turned into metabolic waste by his body.

Authority Nutrition is a marketing site, not a scientific one.

And there is ZERO evidence that hunter gatherers were healthier because they were forced to eat high amounts of animal meat/fat to sustain themselves. Most hunter gatherers had heart disease and died before they turned 50. How in the world is that something we would want to strive towards?

Don't fall for the paleo scam bro. I'm serious. You're going to end up very sick if you do.

runner893 wrote:

Good for him for having a new physical goal to work towards

http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/thats-not-fat-how-ryan-hall-gained-40-pounds-of-muscle

My feeling is, Why the hell not? He's earned the right to live his own life. The transformation is striking. God knows he's got a work ethic.

What I can't help but wonder is, will all this come full circle at some future point? Will he return to running, trim most of the upper body weight, and, say, try to set the master's 60K or 100 mile record after putting in a couple of years of serious overdistance? A certain amount of solidity seems to help some ultra runners. Maybe all this work will pull his t-level back up.

It's way to early to judge the guy harshly. He's earned the right to live his own life.

asdfasdf wrote:

What a narcissistic weirdo. A grown man taking pictures of himself.

I've never taken a selfie, but I assumed I was the only one. My brother! There are two of us now: you and me. Everybody else, however--not just Hall, but tens of millions of guys like him--takes pictures of themselves. Your observation is about as profound as saying "Look! How ridiculous! Water is falling from the sky!" when it's raining outside.

He's definitely sucking his gut in for that photo, and I'd bet he's put on almost as much fat as muscle. Not that there's anything terribly wrong with that.

Sara more satisfied now that Ryan is BIGGER!!!

TVC15. wrote:

A person can't argue with a 2:04:58 performance.

I would say it worked..

That was before he put the weight on

Doesn't dude need to get a freaking job?

It's interesting that he's been able to put on that much weight.

Some people are super responders to exercise. It seems like Mr. Hall is one of them. You need to be in order to run as fast as he did and be one of the greatest US marathoners ever.

It seems like his body responds really well to lifting as well, just like it did to running.

Seeing this just makes me wonder how much better he would have been with a long term, knowledgeable coach. The dude has so much talent and in my opinion kind of wasted by training to hard all of the time.

"and she really appreciates that I now look like a real man, as she says"

Does anyone else find this statement a bit derogatory towards the running community?

Imagine that, you lift weights (I'm talking real weight lifts, not some bicep curls and Smith machine bench press. Real lifts like barbell rows, squats, bench, deadlifts, overhead press, do some isolation lifts with the dumbells) 3 to 4 times a week and get grams to lbs protein ratio (160lb person consumes 160 grams protein) and muscles take shape in a few months. Keep more consistent after 9 months and you look like you know what your doing. After another year you look like a beast. Lol. It's really not that hard y'all it becomes more challenging to keep that strong and fast (sub 16 5k) because both require alot of calories and rest, and could impact each workout. Heavy squats will likely impact your speedwork or longrun and vice versa. (Common sense)

When people turned to agriculture, their stature was reduced by 6 inches, their teeth became degraded, and they began dying young from disease rather than from trauma (hunter-gathering is a tough life which builds tough people). Life expectancy beyond 40 is a phenomenon of the last 150 years due to public sanitation, medical and technological support, despite a diet which is degrading in every way.

Veganism is a political, psuedo-evangelical scam based on BELIEFS and EMOTIONS. Paleo is a an evolved paradigm based on SCIENCE and RESULTS. I don't eat full paleo, but the reason I swung in that direction was due to serious illness promulgated by years of vegetarian, grain-based, high "natural" sugar high-carb diet, which like Ryan, left me depleted and debilitated. At 143lbs and 12% bodyfat, I was dwindling into mediocrity.

I am now the fittest and healthiest I've ever been, 165 labs and 7% bodyfat, usually winning my AG in local races while doing other sports at a high level. I have BALANCED my diet (and my lifestyle), both in the sources (plant and animal) and in macros (equal protein/carb/higher fat). Meanwhile I am surpassing my age cohorts with their spindly arms and soft midsections belying their inability to adapt and evolve to the fact that high-carb is a lie that the government and food industry has been shoving down our throats for four decades. Have you ever seen a group of older runners with their shirts off? Not a pretty sight at all (younger runners look sad enough). The only masters runners that look healthy as a group are sprinters, and even there the high-carb guys have beer guts.

Veganism/high carb is a fad with a half-life of decades. Omnivory has a precedent of over a million years.