Other Fit? Beyond belief

[Rear Admiral]

This is something I was told about, and when I looked it up....couldn't believe it....just could not believe it. Can a human being actually do this? Absolutely beyond belief. Please don't take my work for it - read below -

http://www.booktopia.com.au/http_coversbooktopiacomau/big/9781682450710/iron-cowboy.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fZKEYs2CF-Y/maxresdefault.jpg

http://toughasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/JamesLawrence-IronCowboy.jpg

http://www.ironcowboy.com/

 

[Kickin Goals]

That is crazy I'm going to check out the book.

 

[SBYM]

Well then...

Makes the rest of us look like plodders.

Anyone know what kind of times he was doing?

 

[Kickin Goals]

How is it even possibly to consume enough food to acomplish that?

 

[Kickin Goals]

Well then...

Makes the rest of us look like plodders.

Anyone know what kind of times he was doing?

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/iron-cowboy-50-marathons-50-states-50-days

He averaged 14 hours from what he says in this interview.

 

[Rear Admiral]

As far as cardio/endurance goes, Triathletes are the fittest athletes going 'round, bar none. Depending on the distance, it goes for the longest duration, and it uses more muscles in your body than any other single sport. You don't have the speed/power of, say a Boxer or AFL player, but your long, slow, endurance ability is second to none.

If you're involved in some other sport (e.g. AFL), and you want to include some sort of training into your pre-season to give you a "base" fitness, Triathlon would have to be it. You could vary the distances and intensities to suit your needs, but nothing tops a combination of swimming + cycling + running. What makes Triathlon incredibly difficult is transitioning from the bike to running; you're using different leg muscles which makes the transition incredibly awkward/painful for the first several km's of the run. Running with fresh legs is nothing like running in a Triathlon. Chalk and cheese.

I've met two people that have actually completed an Iron Man distance Triathlon in Australia, and they both said it was the hardest thing they've ever done in their lives. One of them said he couldn't walk properly for nearly a week. The bloke I met most recently said that while the run was the hardest leg of the three sections, he said the final few km's was just the most amazing, elating feeling he's ever experienced in his life. Words just cannot describe it.

What gets me about this Iron Cowboy bloke is his ability to back up one Ironman distance after another, day after day. Just incredible.

 

[Rear Admiral]

How is it even possibly to consume enough food to acomplish that?

There are special supplements that are made for this sorta thing. The other thing they do is they consume an enormous meal in the evenings. Or at least the ones in Hawaii do.

 

[SBYM]

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/iron-cowboy-50-marathons-50-states-50-days

He averaged 14 hours from what he says in this interview.

Jeepers. That ain't bad at all.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

How is it even possibly to consume enough food to acomplish that?

I can do that.
That's how I qualify for the other thread "Fat. Beyond belief."

 

[Rear Admiral]

I can do that.
That's how I qualify for the other thread "Fat. Beyond belief."