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

dumbassMF wrote:

Grassrunner wrote:

My response was just goofing around. Props to Ryan. I myself did a similar thing after burnt out from a few years of D1 trying to make top 7. Although not as dramatic a before and after transformation (Probably because I'm not the caliber of talent and mental strength as this freak of nature), it did help my social life in a very dramatic way, making my last couple of years in college the most fun of my life.

Only problem was that I decided I wanted to get back into distance running many years later at age 35 at 180lb and realized I was never going to get back the body required to run at a high level. My best effort as a master was probably a 59:52 at Army 10 Miler when I was 43, weight about 150 lb. I Then tore my ACL (hit by car while running) and haven't been the same since (12 years ago).

5 weeks ago my son asked if I would take him to the gym. I hadn't been since before covid. He is just turning 13 and had never touched a weight, but we had done a fair bit of running and soccer.

Long story short, he loves it and I have to hold him back, carefully teaching form and building stability. He is improving very quickly. It's been great for me too, I'm just cautiously trying to progress and rehab old injuries. A few more weeks and he'll likely pass Greg on the bench...

Runningart2004 wrote:

EZ10Miler wrote:

I haven read through all the posts, but I started lifting a lot after a really bad knee injury. At the time I figured I was completely done running, so I had to do something to stay in shape.

What I learned about lifting:

1) it's easy. No matter how much I lifted I was never as tired worn down as after a running workout.

2) it doesn't take much time. You can lift 40 minutes and see results, running is much more of a time commitment.

3) you see results much faster. You can lift hard a few days a week and see results in 14-20 days. Running has huge 3 month blocks of training to see real results.

Seeing noticeable results is especially easy if you are coming at it from a running background. We start off from a great place, heck lots of runners a naturally lean (probably why we are runners) and struggle to put on weight. Most people that go to the gym and work out are fat. You never see their results because they really need to lose weight. As a svelte runner you see the results quickly, it's easier to get "ripped".

Challenge Accepted!

I can give you lifting workout that make you crawl into a corner.

Lets start easy:

1. Put your bodyweight on a bar

2. Squat it 50 times

3. Take whatever breather you need, but the bar cannot leave your back.

4. If 50 sounds too easy try 100.

If thats too easy...

Try this nonsense:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aWqTlQHgGrA

Alan