Could anyone else do this? Sub-5 mile and 500lb squat

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Nellers Jul 2020 8:00pm, 17 Jul 2020 36,743 posts	0 Nellers Oh Sharkie! I’m so sorry.🤦🏼‍♂️
Gooner Jul 2020 8:01pm, 17 Jul 2020 16,993 posts	0 Gooner Once upon a time I could do the squat and cycle a mile in sub 5 mins, does that count? 1 Never been a fast enough runner to get anywhere close to the run time but I do remember my run times suffering whilst powerlifting/strongmanning.
Sharkie Jul 2020 8:02pm, 17 Jul 2020 16,228 posts	0 Sharkie That's alright, better than Shakey.
Juliane Fuchs Jul 2020 8:11pm, 17 Jul 2020 4 posts	0 Juliane Fuchs That sounds like a nice challenge in general - I wonder what the target weights for a woman would be. I've done a 108kg back squat (238pounds, but a weightlifter back squat, so deeper and high bar compared with a powerlifter). Don't know my exact mile-PR, must be around 7mins I guess. Atm I focus mainly on weightlifting and try to avoid running, because it decreases my leg strength a lot.
Nellers Jul 2020 8:19pm, 17 Jul 2020 36,744 posts	0 Nellers Sharkie, the guy who programmes the CrossFit games made a comment about sub-5/500lb squat being kind of the ultimate example of strength and fitness across the widest range and it’s something a few people have given a try in the CrossFit world. Kline is the first to make it. I do take you point about the decathletes although in terms of “fitness” I think the CrossFit competitions are pretty brutal and wide ranging. Juliane, I think your last point is what makes it so impressive. Running as much as you’d need to to get a fast mile is going to have a significant impact on your squat training, and vice versa. Doing both in a lifetime would be quite a challenge. Doing both on the same day is something else!
Nellers Jul 2020 8:20pm, 17 Jul 2020 36,745 posts	0 Nellers God, autocorrect is killing me tonight! Klink. The guys name is Klink!
Nellers Jul 2020 8:21pm, 17 Jul 2020 36,746 posts	0 Nellers Goo we: I might get to squat 500lbs if you let me have plenty of reps to accumulate it! Never even got under 6 minutes for the mile and that nearly killed me!
Nellers Jul 2020 8:22pm, 17 Jul 2020 36,747 posts	0 Nellers Fucks sake! Gooner!
Juliane Fuchs Jul 2020 8:25pm, 17 Jul 2020 5 posts	0 Juliane Fuchs It would be interesting with squat+longer distance (5k,10k) too, or even more interesting. A mile is still kind of short distance (of course something completely else than strength training, but closer to a sprint). I ran a Marathon too while weightlifting (In the middle of the season :D but it was a "I once want to run a Marathon - thing, so nothing I trained for super intensively. 4:28 wasn't that bad for this weird combination, and I clean and jerked 77kg some weeks later for a +4kg PR.) , my 🏋️ coach freaked out a bit when I told him what I was doing 😅
Joophy Jul 2020 8:34pm, 17 Jul 2020 32 posts	0 Joophy I'm just lurking in this thread for Nillers autocorrect spelling!