Realistically, how good am I even going to get if I keep training hard? :/

I can surely tell you that the problem is not "metabolic".......it`s more like you are far from doing your very best individual training.

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How much running were you doing when you did the add easy miles thing for years on end? If you're posting what you're normally doing you're barely running at all. I can't tell if your "easy" Wednesday is an easy ten mile run with bike riding on top of it or if that easy day is nothing but a ten mile bike ride. I also don't know if you do any running on the days you do the intervals but if that Wednesday is a bike ride the total amount of running you're presenting here adds up to less than six miles a week or to 16 if that is in fact a ten mile run. You're barely training.

And no one knows what gene function allows people to respond to training or even if there is one. There may be such a gene or gene function and you may be correct but you're just guessing here.

6/10 and possibly rising given the unbelievable biting level...

Yes Sir, we have a post here which mentions 27% bf not once, not twice, hell not even three, but FOUR times and not one person committed to calling it out! Well played...

Thyroid can affect metabolism, sure.

But it's not "physiologically impossible". If you eat less than you burn, you will lose weight. If you suggest this isn't the case, you'd be suggesting that you could eat absolutely nothing, drinking only water, and maintain weight and BF %. Not how it works.

What you might be suggesting is that you don't think the intake you would need, with your thyroid condition, would you allow you enough nutrients or food to feel good. Possible.

Suggesting you cannot lose weight, if you eat less than you're body uses, is absurd.

Yes, you're an obvious troll. But that's okay. Replying is fun :)

Ignorning the troll vibe of the post, lets take it at face value. First thing we'd ask is: You've spent time running 100mpw, for a year or two at a time, with 2-3 quality/intensity sessions per week?

If not, you certainty can't say it doesn't work for you.

If you have, and you didn't get better despite training, then you have to make sure you weren't over training or failing to recover, and that your workouts had progression. If you're sure of all that and didn't improve, then it's obvious; do the best you can with the anaerobic stuff...because that's the only thing left if aerobic fitness doesn't improve.

Main thing again there is progression of the workouts. The repeats have to get faster, longer at the same pace, shortened rest duration, greater interval volume, etc. If you don't progress em, you get nowhere. You'll be much better at shorter events. 400-1500 would be your wheelhouse with training focused on anaerobic capacity side of things.

Not much more needs to be said.

Metabolic abnormalities?!

FFS. Auschwitz, notice anyone with 27% body fat? Nope, why? Because of restricted calorie intake. Eat significantly less. Your BF will drop.

Charlz wrote:

At the start of the year this was my training plan:

Mon 4 miles tempo

Tues 6miles easy

Wed 3 miles easy

thurs 6 miles moderate

Fri 10x400@ 1:40

Sat

Sun 9 miles long run

800s every other week plus strides 3x a week.

I was doing everything right but my 5k was staying stagnant around 26 minutes.

How long did you stay on this schedule? If this was not producing the results you wanted, you should have increased your volume. Extend Wednesday's run to 6 miles. Run longer than 9 miles on Sunday. Add a second run of 3 miles. First once a week, and then twice a week and so forth. If you want to take a day off, do it after your long run, not before. So the modified schedule should look like this.

Mon off or 3 miles easy.

Tues 4 miles tempo/ 3 miles easy

Wed 6 miles easy / 3 miles easy

thurs 6 miles moderate / 3 mils easy.

Fri 10x400@ 1:40 / 3 miles easy.

Sat 6 miles easy / 3 miles easy.

Sun 12 miles long run

I'm going to go ahead and give you the classic LetsRun answer and save us all a lot of time:

Run 100 mpw, minimum.

Double at least 5 times a week.

Lift twice a week.

Do two workouts a week and a long run.

Double your dosage of EPO, HGH, and add in a healthy dose of Rupp-certified testosterone/Centro-sauce.

Or there's that guy that always says:

Der, der, der. Just run. Der, der, der.

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