Don’t we all.
How fast does that marathon WR bloke run then?
Perfect goals man. Sounds like you’ve got great balance. What’s the point of all this if you can’t enjoy good food and drink with your loved ones
Eliud Kipochoge ran a marathon in 2 hours and 1 min and 39 seconds. This is a pace of 4:38 per mile.
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Thought he beat 2 hrs already
Someone broke 2 hrs last year but it wasn’t an official record. He had pacers, nutrition teams, all kinds of stuff a marathoner wouldn’t have in a legit race. They even mapped the course and had a laser line on the ground guiding him to the best path on the road.
That may have been it. Still he could hit that pace and sustain it
Elite marathoners are super-fast.
It truly is astounding what the human body can adapt to if you train it early and long enough.
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I’m glad you used the word “early”. I ran three days a week and covered 2-3 miserable miles per run to get ready for my first police academy. The fastest I ever got was a 16 minute two mile and a 11 min 1.5 mile run.
I hated every step of training. I was also 220 lbs at the time…kind of like now.
I think you need to be small, genetically built for endurance, and start running young to be elite.
This applies for just about every sport I guess.
And yes elite runners are super fast, it looks so effortless when they run.
I kind of envy them, just like I envy strong dudes lifting heavy ass weights like it’s only the bar.
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Woke at 77,2 kg - weight drops fast, not really doing much other than not eating junk. Have to eat a little more. Bench starts to weaken.
Todays training: Bench PR – Squat 5 x 5-8
1000% Awesome 531
C2W2D3
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Warm up: Rope skipping and some of the usual stuff.
Squat SS AB wheel 4x11 1x10
- 82,5 kg: 5 x 7 reps
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Bench Press SS underhand BB row 10 x 50, 60 kg, 70 kg x 7, 7, 6
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5 x 60, 67,5 kg
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3 x 75 kg
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8 x 75 kg + 5 x 60 kg drop set.
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Giant set
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Standing press: 14 kg x 8, 10, 12 (new weight)
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Bulgarian Split squat: + 5 kg x 8, 10, 12 (new weight)
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DB curl: 17,5 kg x 5, 6, 9 (+1)
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55 minutes + 10 minutes warm up.
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Squats moved as supposed to, but a lose belt on for the last set could have smashed out +3 reps.
Bench was a horrible, should have had 10 or at least 9, had to rack at 8.
Giant set everything was fine. So another great day, I used to love to bench now I hate it, mostly because I’m not getting better, actually weaker.
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Just went through my log the last year.
Noticed that the first 2 weeks of january last year I was much stronger than now, I maxed out with a 102,5 kg single back off 90 x 5 and 80 kg x 10 in the same workout.
The next 2 weeks had similar numbers and then the strength decreased.
I looked at my weight I was 90 kg when I maxed and about 3 weeks later I was down to 86 kg and kept dropping weight… So I’m guessing that’s were the culprit is, you want to be strong be fat (smiley put in here)
I felt a little stronger a week ago now I’ve dropped a couple of kg, so I’m going to try to stay at this weight for a while.
Squat and DL still feels pretty strong, still not as strong but strong enough.
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As a contemporary, I can tell you with authority that treading water (maintaining strength) at our age is a win.
Fixed it for you.
Keep rocking.
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haha I dare to say it, but I thought it.
I think the big element to people doing impressive physical feats (from running marathons really fast to holding their breath for 5+ min) is that they all started doing things from a young age and trained it for a VERY long time.
I think this fact gets lost a lot, thus people tend to get impatient when they fail to squat 500lb, fail to run a 4 min mile, etc, within the first two years of their training.
I do think forcing 200lb+ people to run a lot and holding them to the same standards as smaller people seems a tad cruel.
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Hey, I know I’m fat 
I had to work pretty hard to do it, too.
I’ll happily be the fat mascot.
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Maintain KFC discipline. Big is beautiful.
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Remember this when you suck at bench press. The bench press just isn’t a big deal 
It’s crazy how connected to body weight the bench is. You can’t compare it to when you were 13KG heavier. Also, some people are just really good pressers. We are not 
Keep up the consistency.
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Woke at 78 kg went a little overboard on chocolate, peanuts and Sangria yesterday
Todays training: Running
20 min 3,86 km close to the longest distance this year.
Heavy legs the first couple of km, then it got a bit easier.
@IronOne yeah we are not great pressers, I thought I was, because my bench was bigger than squat and equal to DL… That is two or three years ago, when I started lifting more seriously.
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woke at 77,8 kg
Todays training: Squat PR – Bench Press 5 x 5-8
1000% Awesome 531
C2W3D1
Warmup: bodyweight squats and not much more.
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squat SS HLR 10, 10, 10, 10, 9
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5 x 67, 77, 87,5 kg
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2 x 97,5 kg
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9 x 97,5 kg + 5 x 77,5 kg (dropset)
Bench press ss BB row 12 x 50, 11 x 55, 60 kg: 10, 10, 10
- 3x8 + 2x7 @ 65 kg
Giant set 3 rounds
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Ring Dip 5, 6, 9 (+1)
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Wendler row 10 x 30, 35, 12 x 40 kg (+1)
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EZ curl 30 kg x 8, 10, 12 (new weight)
49 minutes + 3 minutes warm up.
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Worked out pretty late today, so not the best of sessions, that said goal was 8 reps on squat did 9, could have done 1 or 2 more (might be a bit cocky here).
Bench was fine too.
Sounds like a good workout but I was really not in to it, pushed through though.
90 minutes badminton yesterday made my legs a bit jelly (jello?).
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