Ryan Hall says he was tired of feeling like a Wimp, so he stopped running and started Lifting.

datrippeleffect wrote:

the funny part is Sara has said she preferred Ryan when he was skinny. Love the assumptions everyone makes

That’s the funny part?

Or is the part where Ryan himself is saying how much better his life is and how he is a better dad, better person, feels amazing, test levels right, etc.

runn wrote:

If he thinks that's what a wimp is then he has a problem. A wimp isn't how muscular you are and it's certainly not how tough you would be in a fight to defend "your woman".

I'm 62 and most mature, grown, women laugh at body builders and guys who think they're tough and have to somehow show it.

I feel sorry for him. He had (and got) his beautiful wife as a so called wimp.

I give her credit for standing by him.

Oh, and Ryan, if you're reading this- I think you look fake. It looks odd. It's overdone.

I'm a 60 yr old stiff back doing some bodybuilding. After playing college football, I did about 10 yrs of competitive bodybuilding & powerlifting back in the 1980s winning a regional title in BB. Due to some health issues, I transitioned to running & triathlon for the next 30 yrs or so still maintaining some regular light weight training. Due to chronic injuries & post-traumatic OA, I've transitioned back to bodybuilding (but not powerlifting - too old & injury prone. Lol) a few yrs ago mixing it up with a lot of non-weightbearing cardio. I'm also training my 22 yr old son, who ran XC & track (800/1600) in HS but wasn't good enough to take it to the next level in college. We are both doing the Silver-Era bodybuilding routine & follow thise nutritional guidelines as well. My son has put on about 25 lbs of muscle mass since HS - going from 155 to 180 (5-7) with a low BP %.

Neither one of us act tough & I wouldn't say that "most mature, woman" laugh at us. On the contrary, over the years there's been several women at my gym, both young & old, that have approached me about helping them out with weight training & bodybuilding techniques.

The bodybuilders who think they're "tough" in the gym are usually the ones who are using steroids or SARMs. This hasn't changed much over the decades as steroids ran rampant back among bodybuilders in my competitive days of the 1980s/90s (who would have thought). I'll call out some of these "tough guys" in the gym letting them know that I'm not impressed with their "enhanced" physique (I was natural back in my day & my son is also natty). I also see a ton of middle-aged guys on TRT - and not just lifters, but guys who just do cardio & stretching maybe hitting the gym only a few times a week. With all the low-T centers cropping up all over the country, TRT is a huge business with the middle-agers these days (no surprises there).

MasterofNone wrote:

Runningart2004 wrote:

Helps that he's on TRT and sees massive gains.

Alan

Possibly. But it's legal now that he isn't competing. Why bash Hall now when hundreds of athletes from across the globe are doped to the gills and competing? Your bias and gross jealousy are showing, Mr. Webb

I know a few guys who do it. You have to commit long term doing it regularly and non stop because once you stop, your natural testosterone goes way down. Perhaps he was already on TRT when running, which could attribute to his otherwise bizarre testosterone problems. Who knows though.

another week, another article or paid ad about ryan hall lifting weights instead of being a full time runner. who doesn't enjoy yet another photo of ryan hall doing a mongoloid scream for the camera.

alphas lift wrote:

Is anybody surprised?

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/21/sport/ryan-hall-marathon-running-weightlifting-spt-intl-cmd/index.html

He wasn't tired of being a wimp, he was just...tired.

Very unchristian like though as per Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

If he looked in the mirror and saw inside his mind instead of his wimpy body he might be even more disappointed.

devious licks wrote:

hunter wheres the coke wrote:

Cool looks like we're on the same page here

Yes, we both agree that you are very threatened by this subject.

I'm just relaying to you what the studies show. You are free to believe whatever you want to believe.

People who haven't both had a runner's build and been jacked aren't really qualified to comment on this.

If you get really jacked, you get treated better in general, and you get more attention from women.

People instinctively respond to physical strength.

MasterofNone wrote:

Probably yes wrote:

I love this take... useful at what exactly?

Literally everything. Hall said he had to rely on daily two hour naps. That is not sustainable for the majority of the population. A guy that can bench 200 is also capable of unloading groceries from the car, picking up his kids, raking leaves etc without tiring out. Being a pro runner is inherently unhealthy

Pro bodybuilders sleep up to 16 hours a day.

Being a 'pro' anything is not representative of the sport at large.

devious licks wrote:

You can’t just tell yourself to”be happy” and feel good about yourself. It doesn’t work that way.

I never said being happy and confident in oneself doesn't require work. It does. It's the harder, but better, road. Moping away, wishing you were something or someone else, is the easy path.

I'm 100% with you on the benefits of lifting weights, by the way. I lift weights and do strength work, too. Certainly not as much as Ryan Hall currently, but I lift, nonetheless.

Lifting weights is great. But it seems you place a much larger emphasis on it as an "accomplishment" and as an oversized portion of someone's worth as a person, than I do. But that's fine. Different strokes for different folks.

Getting on TRT and lifting is just a cosmetic patch over your insecurities. You want to do something useful and mentally challenging take up BJJ or something.

Why doe the article say he holds the fastest time by a US athlete, last I checke KK was the US record holder in the marathon.

OTOH wrote:

alphas lift wrote:

Is anybody surprised?

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/21/sport/ryan-hall-marathon-running-weightlifting-spt-intl-cmd/index.html

He wasn't tired of being a wimp, he was just...tired.

Very unchristian like though as per Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

If he looked in the mirror and saw inside his mind instead of his wimpy body he might be even more disappointed.

There are a lot of heathens at my gym.

Let's take a poll.

Eliud Kiphchoge is:

A) Sad that he's not big and bulky.

B) Jealous when he sees big bulky guys going in and out of the local gym.

C) Secretly jealous of Ryan Hall and can't wait to get to doing canyon runs holding water jugs.

D) Confident in who he is, what he's accomplished, and secure in his own skin.

MasterofNone wrote:

Probably yes wrote:

I love this take... useful at what exactly?

Literally everything. Hall said he had to rely on daily two hour naps. That is not sustainable for the majority of the population. A guy that can bench 200 is also capable of unloading groceries from the car, picking up his kids, raking leaves etc without tiring out. Being a pro runner is inherently unhealthy

lmao are you projecting or something? is it difficult for you to rake leaves and carry groceries? i’m sure eliud doesn’t struggle with that and he’s also 10x the athlete ryan hall is was or ever will be. or is that not “useful”

He retired from running and needed another outlet. This happened with Deek. He retired from running and now for almost 20 years is a weapon in karate and is a 4th dan black belt.

https://iogkfaustralia.com/mialli

GettingFasterDude wrote:

Let's take a poll.

Eliud Kiphchoge is:

A) Sad that he's not big and bulky.

B) Jealous when he sees big bulky guys going in and out of the local gym.

C) Secretly jealous of Ryan Hall and can't wait to get to doing canyon runs holding water jugs.

D) Confident in who he is, what he's accomplished, and secure in his own skin.

E - Trains as hard as Hall, for more years, yet is older, faster and not burnt out, because he listens to his body and follows an intelligent training plan from Patrick Sang.

Quite obviously he's taking steroids...

Wonder if he's worried about testicular shrinkage, heart problems, liver and kidney problems.

DanM wrote:

I think it might be too late wrote:

He's the American record holder in the half and the marathon...

He'll probably be faster than your best "Podunk 5k" time at 80.

Ryan, good luck to you in all your endeavors. I meant no malice.

Likely wasn't him.

I was in agreement and let it go till I saw your smug retort.

He will likely be faster than you are now, when he's 80.

You jogger types need to understand its not just about working out. Its about talent.

You're here because you had none, or its long deserted you and come her for fun.

I pick the former, because the latter doesn't throw shade at the best athletes, especially when they aren't r souls.

He isn't

Speed Force User wrote:

Good for Ryan Hall. Its better to look and feel like Captain America than Eliud Kipchoge. A person who can run a sub 5 mile and bench 200+pounds is more useful than one who cant

How much are they paying these “more useful” people, and to do what?

Data science?

AI programming?

Cybersecurity?