On the plateau buster just now. Multiple reps. Which is pretty good, until you realize that Andrew Durniat was able to do a one-handed deadlift of 600 lbs. on the same piece of equipment.
Still. Can you do it?
That’s what I thought.
Here’s Durniat setting the world record:
I can’t do that, no indeed. But I just ran 8 miles. And, thanks to what began with P90X (per Jeff, a few years back) I did 130 (male style) push ups the other day.
I got a double hernia just watching that.
Impressive. (Both of you.)
Andrew doesn’t even look like a weightlifter, at least in this vid. For a world record *, I’d expect one of those huge mountain-of-muscle guys, y’know, like those guys who clean-and-jerk 500+ lbs in the Olympics… or Ken Patera.
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* Unless it’s a world record for his particular weight class.
Carin, my kid has shin splints from distance running. What’s a home remedy?
Wouldn’t “stop running” make a good start? In the “Hey Doc, it hurts when I do this” sense?
That’s awesome, Carin.
Heh Wiseguy. The doctor says ice, heat, 800mg 2x a day Ibuprofen, kinisthetic (I think) tape, and compression stockings after running. No running this weekend.
I told son “You’re quitting Track” and got the sullen teen face until the doctor visit today. He’s in the middle of the season so I’m trying to meet him in the middle since he’s learning to drive this summer and I don’t want him taking it out on my vehicles. Not that he’d do that, but you know what I mean.
Durniat was an All-American in lax at Ohio Wesleyan and now does strong man events and grip events. He’s generally one of the lightest in the events. He weighs in at about 230 I believe. On YouTube there’s a vid of him cleaning an Inch Dumbbell replica and then pressing it 5 or more times. Truly, truly impressive strength.
Adam T. Glass is even lighter at about 215 and I’m pretty sure he is well over 500 lbs on the one hand dead lift. Jedd Johnson can’t be much over 230-240, either, and he holds the world record for the two hand pinch (or at least, he did).
A lot of these feats rely on tendon strength, and what a lot of strength athletes do is really work on that. Were I twenty years younger I think I could compete with these guys, but I simply don’t have the recovery mechanisms these kids do.
Still, I’ve only really been doing this kind of stuff seriously for a year, year and a half now — maybe a bit more for some of the grip stuff — so I’ve made pretty decent strides.
In fact, I’m about to go do one of the hardest things I’ve done in my life: carry a 250 lb sandbag from the top of my driveway down to the street and across to the lamppost on the other side (maybe 20 yards), then after a pause, carry it back. My driveway is a bit steep on the return, let me tell you.
I’ll do this for 3 or 4 sets, then want to throw up.
Leigh – ice and better shoes. I wear minimalists shoes. I wore five fingers, but I couldn’t do long distances in ’em.
Tell him to cross train/bike and run only every other day. for the rest of the season.
Then switch his shoes in the off season.
Yea, keep the compression socks on after the run too. For a few hours.
That tape is pretty cool. You can get it at Dicks or dunhams.
Hey, you could carry me to the car if I ever passed out drunk somewhere.
I like that in a friend.
Depends what you weigh. And how far the car is. And whether or not if you care that Jeff pukes on you once he puts you down.
Since he’s passed out, I’m sure Jeff could just tell him, “Dude, that’s your puke, not mine.”
Oh, I’ll take puke any day. Last time I was drunk carried they dropped me on my face. On concrete.
It was sorta like a black eye but included the forehead, nose, cheek, and chin. It was quite hilarious, they thought.
(It was sorta funny. This is how we learn important life lessons after all.)
Thanks, Carin!
bh, personally, I wouldn’t have tried to carry you. I’d have dragged you and videoed your head bouncing off successive steps, door thresholds and the odd pot hole.
No, I don’t have many friends…mainly because I worry about payback.
Don’t have many friends, Blake? I’m not buying it.
You sound exactly like one of my friends. You didn’t say you would have drawn a cock on my face so I’m thinking you’re clearly a classy and caring fellow.
That made me laugh, bh. And there’ve not been many laughs recently.
I liked the guys hollering motivational stuff.
He’s little, but the beagle occasionally drops world record deuces that I often don’t know whether I can lift (with that little baggie).
Be cool to hear strangers in the dog park yelling, “Let’s Go!!” “Pull it!!”
I think it was because he lifted with his legs, not his back.
Seriously fucking impressive, that.
Carin, I would add to the shin-splints conversation: go to a more neutral strike, because shin-splints and heavy heelstriking sometimes go together.
Also: I can’t string together 130 pushups; not without a bit of rest. You have my admiration, respect, etc, which almost-but-not-quite has me be that guy that seems to be going in the same direction as you at the supermarket, nearly every time you’re there.
I think 45 in a row, maybe 50 if I threw away any possibility of future pushups in the next half hour or so. But I’m trying to improve that.
Carin, I would add to the shin-splints conversation: go to a more neutral strike, because shin-splints and heavy heelstriking sometimes go together.
Well, you had to go an esplain the whole minimalist shoe dealio. I never had shin splints, but I used to get knee and hip pain from bad form (heel striking). Minimal shoes will take care of that pretty quick.
Both of my (running) kids wear minimalist shoes. Think think thin soles. No heel cushion. No lift in the heel, etc.
I’ve got a pair of Nike Free Run +2 (I think) in my suitcase. They’re kind of my halfway stepping-stone to minimalist shoes. Not sure I’ll ever get there, to tell you the truth, but neutral strike is something to strive for no matter what shoes you’re in. IMHO, of course.
Damn but those minimalist shoes cost a fortune! The compression socks and Kinesia tape I can deal with, but I think I’ll hold off on the shoes until next season.
$100 + 15 year old kid = shoes that don’t fit in three months
Carin, I was watching him run last week and he is striking his heels. Obviously, his coach isn’t watching them closely enough to correct this.
Coaches usually are not savy enough to pay attention to heel striking. It does extend the stride (thus speeding us up) – that’s why we started running like that; why Nike started making those shoes.
The GOOD deal with minimalists shoes – they last longer. You don’t wear them out, because there simply is nothing (in the sole) to wear out. I can still wear my five fingers two years later – and my NB minimus trail shoes I’ve been wearing since last august. Until they literally fall apart, you can wear them.
Regular running shoes – if you run a lot – need to be replaced every few months.
Not sure I’ll ever get there, to tell you the truth, but neutral strike is something to strive for no matter what shoes you’re in. IMHO, of course.
Yes, of course. Minimalist shoes force the issue ;)
Some people can wear traditional running shoes and run properly. Those folks have no real need to switch shoes. It’s the rest of us idiots who need the shoes (or no shoes) to force us.
He wears spikes to the meets where he’s been running the mile and the 440. Those are Nikes. His trainers are also Nikes, but I don’t remember what kind. They’ve been running on a rubber-like track at the school also weight training and doing the P90X twice a week.
Fucking athletic shoes are a racket. I’ve spent $65-80 each year on wrestling shoes and about the same on two pairs of running shoes each year.
He’s going to go for cross-country next fall. I’ll get the minimalist shoes for him then.
Also: I can’t string together 130 pushups; not without a bit of rest. You have my admiration, respect, etc, which almost-but-not-quite has me be that guy that seems to be going in the same direction as you at the supermarket, nearly every time you’re there.
Amen.
We need to do a Protein Wisdom Tough Mudder team.
WHO’s IN ????
Kentucky in October …
If “Tough Mudder” is the name of a good chewy stout or brown ale, then count me in. Otherwise…
Horse racing!? I’m in!
Ok, I was too hard on myself. Just now: attempted 4 sets of 50 pushups; failed at 38 in the 4th set.
So, I could probably crank out 60 or more to failure. 130 is still way beyond me, but I’m doing a bit better than I’d thought.