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

Lifting more also helped Ryan land a super fit wife. Good for him!

More Plates More Dates wrote:

Lifting more also helped Ryan land a super fit wife. Good for him!

He was married for a long time before he started lifting.

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

Alan

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.

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

The guy wanted his body to feel better and now he does. I don't blame him.

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 have a close friend who was a professional powerlifter for decades. He benched over 800 lbs, was one of the top guys in the world. He was vehemently against doping in sport; however, he retired a few years ago and began TRT as his levels were extremely low. He expected his strength to greatly increase and to see a noticeable difference. What he discovered was that while his energy and mood are better, being on a dosage that puts his body at normal levels didn't really have the life-altering affects he imagined. It's not like TRT is a magic wand, and it's not the same thing as body builders using copious amounts of anabolic steroids. It obviously helps, but it seems Hall's levels were depleted from years of hard training, and now he is more of a normal guy his age.

Even reading between the lines, I don't see where Hall says he started lifting because he was tired of feeling like a "wimp."

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

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

Moran.

I think it's a sort of "your mileage may vary" situation with TRT, and there's a lot of factors: age, receptiveness to exogenous testosterone, previous testosterone levels, fitness, etc... I know a ~60 year old man who's always been pretty active, but never an athlete. I have good reason to believe he's on TRT now. He's always lifted weights and run marathons, he's not benching over 200 or running under 3 hours any time soon, but he's clearly in shape. ANYWAY, out of nowhere he's got some bulging forearms and a 6 pack. Maybe he's just a super responder, or maybe he's on a mega dose.

This^ more restorative than anything

I only say "Moran" wrote:

MasterofNone wrote:

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

Such a trite post. Move along

Moran.

Pay attention to the fine print:

Ryan Hall is still a runner.

Dig under all that weight lifting stuff and it's right there. Ryan Hall still runs. He's still a runner. He does one mile time trials. He runs while carrying weight. He trains runners. He has a coaching business for runners.

No one ever said you have to have a BMI of 17 and run 120 miles per week, non-stop from age 15-65, to be a "runner." No one ever said running has to be your whole life. Ryan did that for 20 years. Now he wants to do other stuff, too. Like weight lifting and running. Like coaching runners and running.

Listen to how he talks to his kids about running and finding the feeling where "you're just flying, floating along." Ryan Hall is still a runner. He's just found a new way to enjoy it and incorporate it into his life, without it being his life.

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.

Is it wrong that I felt that he looked better with the running build?

My wife tells me that a lot of girls are not fans of the body builder physique. She says that it looks like the guy is self-centered and insecure. The constant shirtless pics and poses are just weird. That's why chicks did guys with dad bods.

She also told me really skinny guys are turn off as well, so you need to be somewhere in the middle....like a mid-distance guy.

Ryan is a little nuts, but all men can make dramatic improvements to all aspects of their lives through lifting.

Imagine being insecure about your body when you've run 59 and 2:06. I guess that's the thing about bias. Facts don't really matter as much as your perception.

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

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

Probably yes wrote:

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

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