"What's with all the RUNNING?"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video I explain why I recently started running, why I started running at a young age and how that shaped my physical habits today, and why I continue to run and lift weights.
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Love seeing the embrace of general fitness in the natty lifting community. This is how you maintain a lifetime relationship with fitness. Being flexible and allowing goals to change - not being insane with specificity for no reason.
I’m so hungry
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General Fitness is the way to go. There is no rule that reads you have to focus on one particular exercise, that's just an individual's choice to focus on one aspect.
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@@MMAJOEY69 same
Yes I love the mental benefits of just disconnecting and going for a run, it’s really refreshing honestly
Do you use music?
you look great
I don't use music
Running is a great partner of lifting. Lifting teaches discipline and consistency. Running teaches you how to get through suffering and know that you'll be OK.
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This is how i feel about kettlebell swings. Im a little to fat to do the running thing.
Suffering is not ok for running / weights...learn correct technique / intensity zone 2 and it will even give you gains in the weight room
Most of your running should be in Zone 2 and 3. But you should also do some internal training at Zone 4 and 5. You're going to have to push yourself mentally and physically if you want real progress. That applies to the gym, and the track.
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Hummm zone 2 (peter attia) for health and it wont f your knees up for the weights
Time after time, you keep inspiring me to do what I feel like doing and not care about random people's opinions.
I’m a collegiate distance runner. Your channel, Zack Telander, and Sika Strength have helped improve my running by teaching me how to get stronger to improve my racing. On top of that the psychology you guys apply to lifting has helped me in running. So thank you for that! You guys were the outside influences to expose me to a method of exercise I will do for the rest of my life. I think people get stuck in labeling themselves As only a runner or a lifter and miss out on becoming a more capable person. Specializing in only one results in missing out on expressing the strength of your body in all of its forms.
I used to argue with my cross country coach, she thought runners didn’t need resistance training. I think it’s vital to be strong as a runner
Sikastanian
You should look up to Nick bare.
Do you also follow any running TH-camrs?
Zack has a multisport background, growing up swimming and playing lacrosse. He's been the strength coach for 2 different NCAA swim programs... his ex is an Olympic swimmer 🇫🇷
Rocky III influenced me too. The training montage of Mr. T (Clubber Lang) in his grimy, basement gym, grinding out sit-ups while Rocky was screwing around before their first fight, always got to me.
“What’s you prediction for this for fight?”
“Prediction?”
“Yes prediction”
“Paaaaaaaaiiiiiiinnnnnn”
"I'mma buss you up"
Alan's transition into Crossfit is almost complete *evil laugh*
@@RpMcMurphy_ But, I thought CrossFit invented all fitness......
He's strong, knows the oly lifts, and can run... He'd be a menace at crossfit lmao
@@jordanbabcock Crossfit has strongman events now too lol
@@jordanbabcock Well, that's the case with all the top crossfit competitors. They don't kill themselves with WODs, they do actual effective training.
Crossfit? Are you nuts?
The hybrid athlete was always my favourite book when I was studying as it was proof you could be a multi sport athlete with intelligent programming.
Check out Fergus Crawley for pushing hybrid athleticism to it's very limits. Dude does ironman-length triathlons and competitive powerlifting.
I love it! Not many people realize running takes your overall fitness to another level plus all the other benefits that come with it. Great video Alan👌
i think almost every human in existence realizes that
@@YungBapacito lol you can browse reddit fitness and powerlifting community and many people there think running is not necessary and lifting actually enough for your cardiovascular health..so yep, you are wrong. Majority of people dont really understand the benefits of running and cardiovascular training, which is basically a workout for your most important muscle in the body (heart muscle)
@@YungBapacito you can go to any gym and ask any bros there whether they run. I bet 90% of them dont run and afraid running will make them lose muscle. You overestimate how much people understand the value of cardio. Most people think cardio is only for fat people who want to lose weight. If regular gym goers dont want to run, what percentage of average people really understand the benefits of running? You said almost every human in existence? Lol
@@ggh_-ts6pn Tbf the reddit fitness subreddit is absolute garbage
Would love to hear:
1. How you’re balancing weight lifting and running
2. How/if your weight lifting has changed to accommodate running
2. How/if you feel that they are affecting each other
I like to know how your lift is pre vs post running into your routine.
Your physique in these running event pictures is tremendous for your age. Very inspiring along with your modesty and willingness to share!
@@almamater8091 the pictures were middle school high school genius
Great stories, I've always been a larger guy, 230-270ish powerlifter and last tear got into running especially trail running, my first race ever was a 50 mile ultramarathon and the feeling of accomplishment when finishing was unlike anything else I've ever felt as far as fitness goes. Running is a great tool for everyone to add in.
Dude I absolutely love that you're talking about this. You're such a well-rounded athlete.
Resubscribed: I unsubscribed about a year ago because your channel's content no longer interested me. I was getting into running , I don't own a gym, and your content didn't reflect my goals at the time. Now that your content reflects what I do -- running and lifting -- you've won me back. Cheers and thank you :)
I hate running , but it’s the cool feeling you get when it’s over and you know you’ve done it that’s addictive ha
i started running then got into lifting, i find myself constantly trying to balance both out like having a good mile time and trying to get my deadlift as high as i could lol it has been really difficult for me and I always go back and forth and ill have periods when ill ease off running and focus more on weight training and then do vice versa. Anyways at the end of the day I just love running and it has helped me out in so many ways and I use that as my way of dealing with stress and it helps me process things and just think things out.
I'm glad to see you touch on running Alan! you have always been an inspiration to me, and you got me into the strongman rabbit hole haha. If i could say one thing I highly recommend you look more into trail running, theres so many trails all around sacramento and tahoe is not too far out. Its a whole other beast compared to the track or running around the city and its just amazing being out there
RUN UNTAMMEDDDDD!!!!
My story is similar to yours. Ultimately I find improved cardiovascular endurance is more valuable than lifting heavy in my daily life. I still weight train but rarely am I lifting refrigerators or similar but I am constantly running up and down stairs, etc. My colleagues are winded after a couple flights, I have no issues and feel better overall.
you have to think about how humans evolved. For ages our survival depended on running, climbing, dragging objects, and throwing. Our daily lives used to be so difficult and intense that training wasn't even a concept unless it was for hunting. Think about how kids play tag and hide and seek, those are years of evolutionary wiring preparing us for hunting.
I’m right there with you. I lifted heavy off and on for years, but I read that regular running literally reduces all chances for death and disease. Running seemed impossible at first for months, but now I crave running more than lifting.
Haven't watched the channel for a long time. You look better and healthier to be honest. Wish you all the best!
5-3-1 was my first powerlifting program and it's also when I stopped running and last winter I started running again after years and I'm loving it. I still lift but running is back in the menu and I feel amazing having my cardio back.
We are at eerily similar points in life! We're both roughly the same age and I also had that feeling of "randomly wanting to scratch that itch" as far as running. It's an entirely different ballgame from lifting, but you look great and look healthy! Keep it up brother!
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I like what you said about the "being stuck".... I've been so committed to work, family and other things that it's been hard to get back into lifting (or any exercise). I'll use this video as inspiration to get back into the gym (ironically I have a full gym room in my house). This is my official commitment. I know Alan won't ever read this message, so it's a commitment to myself. I hope I'll find this comment in a year will have run over 300-miles by then and with time get back to squatting over 500lbs again. Thanks for the motivation, coach!! :)
I love this video so much. I constantly hear from people at my gym that I can't or I shouldn't be a powerlifter and a runner. I've done a handful of half marathons and I have another in October but at the same time I'm still hitting squat or deadlift PRs every few months. Honestly I love doing both and I can't imagine giving one of them up but it's still really encouraging to see an influencer that I admire as much as Alan talking about running in this way. I really wish more people would be open to doing both.
I just started running again after 17 years on not running more than 30. Thanks for making this series, most channels about running are a little too about that running life.
Your videos are getting more and more wholesome. Thanks for recording and sharing these.
Trail and cross-country running is so pleasant. Glad to see you coming back to it!
Thanks for this video. I have been flip flopping over this for awhile. I was running around 3 days a week. I then found bodybuilding and was told by trainers that it could be to jarring for leg development. I now realize I should never have stopped. Bodybuilding has been mentally taxing due to my body dysmorphia. My mental state is what should be my priority. This was a good reminder.
Bodybuilder: cardio kills your gainz
Bodybuilders heart: kills the body builders
@@jackmehoff2363 Yes, to a point, but I am not a PED user, my hormones are in check, I have no aspirations of competing at a pro level. My cardiovascular health is great. Sometimes you just need to decide what is more important to you, my mental health is, running helps clear my cobwebs. I also do not plan to run marathons. If competition at a pro level becomes a dream, for sure, I will cut it down.
That you for sharing this! My dad was an avid bodybuilder, and so I naturally picked it up. Both of us took up running, I got to run Boston, and my dad completed his first marathon in his mid-60s! It's completely natural to want to be strong and yet have the endurance that running gives you. Plus, running is a great anti-depressant... Go Alan Go!
I tried this before, and my musculature (being 6'4), deflated completely. Lifting 2X a week with intensity is enough.
I used to box growing up, and part of that training was a lot of running. Because of it, I loved running. But eventually I moved on to purely strength train. Years later, at the start of the pandemic, I got back into running and fell in love with it all over again. Now I'm training for the NYC Marathon all while still maintaining strength. I think a lot of it, at the end of day, comes down to recovery.
Started running in November? You clearly did it bc you’re leaner now and get super pumped around our birthday! It’s in our DNA! 🤘🏼
This is the Alan thrall we’ve come to know and love. Thanks for the inspiration today. Currently training for a half marathon in October and trying to balance lifting weights and running.
I just ran a half marathon with a 1170 pound power lifting total. It can be done! Enjoy. I'm also 34 and natty. You got this.
I subscribed 8 years ago when I was learning to squat. Happy to see your approach to wellness evolve over time
How do you structure those stories.... It's crazy how you go through all this in a understandable order without even having a paper to read from. And big props to your honesty and transparency. It's inspiring how confident you are to talk about all that stuff. Looking up to you mate.
alan is still committed to fitness how many years after starting and his experiences show that you should do whatever form of activity seems interesting. also though, i think that since heart health is so important, people should never stop cardio; not saying that you have to RUN, but you don't even think you CAN run one mile, you might want to work on your cardio a little more.
I am actually proud of you. For me, it feels like you have "leveled up" from just gym guy. I have been lifting weights for 35 years and my training is more "MMA style", where I take care of all the areas, to avoid weaknesses. I am mostly doing Strength Training at gym, Submission wrestling , Muay Thai and running. Those 3 sports really gives me so wide range of physical strengths, and hardly any weaknesses. I don't run very long distances though, because then you would lose some more muscle.
Took me nearly 10 years after getting out of the Corps to run again. Idk if it was that it was my job and I just saw it that way, but I'm glad I started up again. Glad you're getting back after it.
Awesome stuff. I’m lifting to get strong for footy but it’s good to know that provided I’m sensible I can keep up my running
Running is and will always be apart of my life. Trail running and on the tracks are where I let me mind wander.
I ran my first marathon last April at 39 yo and am currently training for the next one. I love it.
its great to see you become a overall round athlete. always have been a bad runner, time to change that
Hey Alan, I lost 100 lbs once. It is why I run and can’t give it up in my adult life. When I was a kid, I was always chunky and could never seem to get in shape. Once I got my diet together, and started running and working out more consistently the weight came off. To this day, my wife doesn’t understand why I want to run so much, and why I equate my ability to run with being “in shape” - but that’s the long and short of why I enjoy running. Its Cool to hear your story and perspective on running, and I’m really looking forward to this series.
Why run?
Why be able of Moving your body one place to another.
What a disturbing culture we have here.
I'm excited about this series. I have been struggling with running for years now, ever since I started really making progress in the gym.
Man I am so excited to see this mini series of videos. I’ve been a long time watcher, your tutorials got me on the right track as a beginner and in two weeks time I am running my first ever marathon after months of prep. Live your work Alan - RUN UNTAMED !!!
I just started lifting but I want to start running to for health, no idea when or how to start. Can’t wait to watch this series.
Totally feel ya!
I do enough weights help my trail running, that preps me for a bike ride, that sets up a swim, which is perfect recovery to go lift.
Running/ hiking in the middle of nowhere has done more for me than any doctor, therapy, life coach, job, school could do put together.
I haven't watched an Alan Thrall video for ages....saw there was a video about running and what do I find? Alan with short hair, short beard, and outside a gym, by a track talking about running!! I was really confused for a minute and thought I'd entered some kind of alternative reality.
But anyway...Running is great. I'm lucky enough to live by forests and fields in a rural part of Finland, great for trail running.
Love that you're rocking the Body Bearers shirt, the last to let you down. BZ, Alan.
Just checked in after not seeing the channel for a while. Mate. You’ve changed.
hey Alan I went to your gym for a bit pre covid while I was stationed in Northern Cali. Was 100% in on power lifting. Around the time covid happened I hurt my back. With many gyms closed and my back hurt I turned to running. It has become my obsession. Going somewhere with your feet is the best. I still maintain and lift around 4 times a week. I have definitely lost strength and weight but running has become my primary focus so I fully accept that. Doing a mountain marathon this weekend actually up a 14,000 ft mountain and back down with about 8000 ft of gain. Trail running has become even more of an obsession. Something about it feels so primal. Anyway so happy to see you doing these runs and races and hope to see more! Hope you're doing well buddy!
Excited about this series!
I love it. I’m 51 and lifting has been my jam pretty much since I was 16… with years off here and there. I’ve run periodically, too, but never really liked it.
Recently my wife got into it, and is really fast. That inspired me to read up on the health benefirs, including cognitive, and suddenly I realized I was missing out.
Damn, it was hard! Especially at first. Especially if you’ve got some mass to move. But that itself ended up being a source of inspiration for me. How can I call myself strong if I can’t propel myself through space for any significant distance? Running is literally the most fundamental human movement pattern, second only to walking! Humans are natural distance runners. Gotta do it!
And guess what? My gym totals started going up again! My ability to recover, far from suffering as I had feared, actually improved!
To be clear, I’m not running marathons, and running is definitely not my priority. I take 2-3 easy runs and one somewhat harder run per week, on the days when I don’t lift.
Alan amazingly had massive legs in high school as well. Seriously though, great video on his running history. I started off running as well, with a PR of 5:20 in the mile. Weights came later in college. My current goal is to bench 275 and run a mile in under 6 minutes within the same week.
I love lifting weights! But now in my fifties I enjoy rotating running and swimming for overall health and fitness. Keep it going, Alan. Your overall health and fitness will enrich your life when you're my age.
This video and the comment section are the spur I've needed to intensify my cardio.
Thanks everyone. 🤙
I'm glad so many bodybuilders are finally getting into running. Cardio, specifically running, has always been demonized by the lifting community for unknown reasons. You lift to get bigger muscles but you don't want to work your most important muscle? Having a strong healthy heart and good VO2max from marathon training has SIGNIFICANTLY helped me with lifting throughout my years. Not to mention it makes staying lean easy as hell
To much running will kill your legs. It's one of the hardest cardio for the legs.
Hey Alan, another runner/lifter here! Can't wait to hear more of your thoughts on how to balance the two disciplines. I probably lean more into running than you but strength training and running compliment each other a lot. Just look at where Ryan Hall is these days!
When I was 25 I used to run at my old high school. I drive by often and think about those days. Maybe I'll get back to it. Thanks, Professor Thrall.
I run and lift. I do them both for their benefits, but also because I enjoy them both. They both are painful, but they are a suffering that I choose and embrace. I don't do either to be an elite competitor in any sport. I don't do them as a physique/bodybuilding competitor. I like to use my body in these ways and condition myself for these activities. I've done 405lb deadlift AMRAP not because it was optimal, but because it was fun. I've run 26.2mi one morning not because it was optimal, but because I knew that I could. I enjoy the normal, well-planned, properly programmed training days, but I like pushing myself in weird ways merely as an expression of myself or as a test. Concurrent training for both endurance and strength sub-optimal for maximizing either? Maybe, but I'm being myself. You do you! God bless
Glad you finally grew up Alan, the short hair and reasonable beard reflects it, it’s so much more enjoyable and valuable to listen to you now .
I used to be a multi-sport athlete, but excelled at track and cross country. Being fast with good endurance made every sport a lot easier
Been a long distance runner/marathoner for 20+ years and just found barbell training a few months ago as a great supplement to training when timed and done appropriately. Really cool and relatable video, finding the same kind of joy in terms of getting into a new activity and reaping those beginner gains. Looking forward to the rest of the series!
Trail running and lifting is my jam with some yoga thrown in. Cannot beat a good long Sunday run to clear the head. My only problem is trying to balance it all!
looking forward to this series as a track athelete who started lifting heavier recently(ish)
This is probably the most excitement I have detected in your voice
Dude. I am a long distance runner who also wants to be a strong lifter. Keep it up, be inspiring!
Great timing - I've just started running again this summer. I dropped 30 lbs bodyweight earlier this year and was feeling weak in the gym. My PR board got erased. Running gave me something to improve on while I adjust to lifting at a lower bodyweight. I'm trying to keep running in the routine as well so I can't wait to hear your thoughts on it Alan.
Bro, i dunno if you are seeing this. 1st thing is you're literally changing weight class. That's mean everything is a PR and new stepping stone to more gain. Walking 30lbs lighter is a blessing for all of your organ man. Keep pushing.
So been running and competing in strongman lately and my world changed when I switched to minimalist shoes, and wide toe box shoes, and doing a lot of knees over toes movements.
Unstuck from everyday life is an excellent point!
You can imagine, the total shock I have, given the last time I was glued to his videos, was 3 years ago
Damn, never would've imagined long distance running and short hair hahah
(I simply just fell out of weight training essentially due to lockdown, hence stopped watching - I too, have come back to my running roots now)
It's just another challenge, man. Everything you said at the beginning is why I started running.
I love Alan's self-awareness. Terrific video
I’ve lifted 4-5 days a week. I’ve done full body every other day. But I feel the best mixing in 1-2 runs a week into the lifting. I do t compete in lifting but I try and stay both fit and strong. Keep it up Allen your a great motivator to keep going
I love this video. I try so hard to be a weight lifter or gym rat. But I truly love running. I love the idea of lifting weights, but I can never give up running. Thank you.
great video Alaan, cheers from Argentina! i'm watching your videos since 2016
Really looking forward to the rest of this content! I was a 1/2 marathon runner who moved into lifting 5-6 years ago. Trying to keep up the running but wasn't sure how to move forward with it.
As a 6’2 140lb stick, I respect any jacked folks who run regularly. Impressive
Just curious why do you follow a powerlifting channel?
You must have zero body fat!
@@davecom3 Or thin bones, a lanky physique. Height =/= size.
Unless you're a starving Somalian, I find it hard to believe you're 140 lbs at that height. But if you are, start eating.
Thank you Alan! Looking forward to your next video as I struggle with lifting and running, ended up running exclusively because I prefer it
Really excited for this!
One of your best videos, Alan. I've recently taken up running again after 30 years off - loving it. BTW, you're looking great!
This is great! I used to only lift weights then 2 years ago my wife got me running and I completely stopped lifting. Now I am trying to figure out how to balance both. Looking forward to your upcoming videos.
I was fairly inactive for a lot of my adult life, but had a metabolism that meant I didn't gain much weight. When I hit 30, that changed and my weight started to creep up. Rather than just accept it, I started lifting weights and paid much more attention to what I was eating. Seemed to be going great for about 9 months, I'd got up to be able to squat about 1.5x my bodyweight and deadlift 2x. But I'd walk up a couple of flights of stairs and be struggling to breath.
So I took initially to walking daily, then once I was comfortably walking 3 miles every day, started doing a bit of jogging and built up from there. I've kept running as part of what I do since, I'm now just approaching 40. I'm not a fantastic runner, and I can't say I've ever overly enjoyed it. But I very much enjoy not feeling like I'm going to die when I go up some stairs!!
I started my fitness journey 2 years ago. I always wanted to be a runner and do weightlifting. I couldn‘t accept that it shouldn‘t be done together… and i didn‘t. Now i run and lift weights, i look extrmely atheltic but not skinny. I‘m totally happy and much healthier, 37y old, father of 2 kids. Keep it up Alan!
I have to say Alan, that joy you’ve found should inspire other people to go out there and find what makes them feel that way. Great job bro!
This is great, I've been considering incorporating running into my training for a while but have always been concerned that it'll interfere with my gains as I run a 3 day/week full body program. Looking forward to this series Alan! Thanks for all your awesome videos!
I love this Allan I have really wanted to add a regular mile run to some of my goals.
Amazing to hear this from you. I do both running and powerlifting and this coming from you really helps. Looking forward to more running+ strength videos
Bro I was a doc went through recon by soi, I appreciate you sharing everything man I want to get back into running again. Cool that you share
Time and again, what Alan Thrall is really good at is reflection, re-evaluation, and reconfiguration. Kids--watch this man critically think, out loud, on TH-cam!
funny, I remember seeing you at the Shamrockin' 5k/10k event and thinking, "hey that's the untamed strength guy." I'm coming at it from the other direction where for a while I was only doing cardio stuff and not lifting. But, when I was younger I used to do both.
Love that youve incorporated running A-lander. I mountain bike as well as lift. As i get older I realize my heart needs the cardio and getting "bulky" doesn't age well.
Looking forward to the running videos!
Awesome!!! As someone trying to combine running and strength training, I’m really looking forward to this
This is fantastic to hear Alan. I run 20 miles a week and I lift for strength. You're my go to channel for all things lifting; keep it up!
Big fan! Looking forward to the running videos
Running and resistance training definitely complement each other, there's no buzz like a good run, keep it up man
Excited for you’re video on running, I’ve powerlifted for four-five years (sense 14) and during these past two years of general stagnation on powerlifting progress I joined the track team and have sense fallen in love with running, freshman year of community college I told myself I’d gain weight no matter what 150-163 and now that I’ve done so I’m honestly scared too get back into it, I’ve seen the progress from gaining weight and I fear the added stress of running 3-5 miles a day will kill my strength…but I mean if mike Tyson can do it lol
Dude this is awesome. You are so right about running to become unstuck. I’m excited for this.
More of a jump-roper and swimmer myself. Really enjoy those. Hey you’re looking super good man. God bless your family
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I keep telling some of my marathon friends that they need to lift weights. The reason I’m not injured anymore if because I lift 3x a week. I am a competitive long distance runner. PS I’m inspired by your lifting videos
I'm doing my best to incorporate both. Currently have a half marathon coming in November. Was exclusively running when I started watching your videos to get back into lifting. Great to see you get into running.
Love the story. Thanks for sharing. I never truly feel healthy if I'm not running at least twice a week.