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Sorry, chum. It was only a negative statement because you took it as such. There was no negativity intended. And if you think "stick figure" is inaccurate, you ain't paying attention. (And how come "muscleheads" was okay?)
If you'd like to have a pull-up contest, I'm game. Any time.
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Why is it sideways?
Find us a pull-up bar after the CMM. Assuming you're willing to wait around for a couple hours after you finish, and wait for me to stop dry heaving and chugging Pabst Blue Ribbon.
I ran my mile PR after being injured for two months and basically just doing upper-body work. Go figure.
I don't think stick figure is innacurate, that wasn't the point I was making. It was the fact that you assumed that he was weak and pathetic just because he was fast and thin.
The fact is, everyone should be allowed to make a decision on how seriously they take the sport or not.
I've got a fever...
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
Pam, is there a thread around here somewhere where you outline exactly how you got those results? (I just noticed that Muse asked the same question ...) I'm particularly looking for a woman's experience. My fiancee has now dropped 45 pounds and gone from a size 12 to a size 2, but where she wants to go now is more towards body shaping, which you obviously know something about. She's been doing a lot of Pilates and Yoga, and runs about 20 mpw, and her diet is a hella lot better than mine. She's not looking for more mass, just toning and maybe a little definition (emphasis probably on abs, hips, and arms). So share your secrets somewhere. Maybe start a new thread, if it's too much high-jacking.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
I'm a skinny-ass punk. Which doesn't make me better than you. Just skinnier. There are actually quite a few runners who would benefit (I think) from backing off on mileage for a period of time and concentrate on weights. I ran my mile PR after being injured for two months and basically just doing upper-body work. Go figure.
. I ran my mile PR after being injured for two months and basically just doing upper-body work. Go figure.
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I think genetics has a part to play in things but not as much as people think. I don't think I've met anyone in my family (men included) that were very muscular. The women tend to carry their weight in their butts and thighs I was told my whole life that I would get fat sooner or later since it's in our genetics. Of course I refused to believe that and have proven otherwise. Key to anything is consistancy and determination.
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Yeah but you've already said that you always ran your best times after a period of time off or off summer base mileage, because you were always racing your workouts and running yourself into the ground. So was it the upper body weights or the fact that your legs were rested? You can chose to be fit or fat but you can't chose your body type. The Kenyan runners with their skinny calves could never be great sprinters or power lifters.
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Even if I tried I couldn't have twig calves. I have muscle there whether I exercise or not. Don't you think that the elite body type (twig calves) is just a genetic thing? I run just as much as my friend. I build muscle from running and she doesn't.
Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to
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