At SpeedEndurance, I like to cover strength endurance just for fun. One of the popular articles on this Blog is my former training partner Matt Bogdanowicz and his 60 second pull up record. (It has since been broken, but hey, records are made to be broken) This challenge was a training prep … [Read more...] about What is the World Record for the Plank?
Alicia Weber
How to Do 100 Pushups in-a-row and Why It’s Important
I’ve been following the exploits of superhuman Alicia Weber for a while now. I interviewed her back in 2009 (see Part 1 and Part 2). If you want to see what she can do with med ball pushups and set WRs, click here. Then I interviewed her again in 2010 (click here). Finally, there was her famous … [Read more...] about How to Do 100 Pushups in-a-row and Why It’s Important
6 World Records in 45 Minutes
Everyone remembers Jesse Owens. Other than 4 Gold medals at the same Olympics (and putting Hitler to shame), his next claim to fame was 4 or 6 world records in 45 minutes on May 25, 1935. In actual fact, Owens set 3 WR, tied 1, and given the metric equivalents for 2, making a grand total of 6 … [Read more...] about 6 World Records in 45 Minutes
Interview with World Record Holder Alicia Weber
A long time ago, I set a club record for the 500m ERG Concept II indoor rowing. It was 1:27 of pure hell. Basically I broke the race plan down to about 47 strokes. I started with 7 very hard pulls (to use up my ATP/CP) followed by counting 30 strokes hard but very relaxed with a … [Read more...] about Interview with World Record Holder Alicia Weber
Why Am I Fat? Here is the Simple Answer
In the last 40 years, obesity, and in particular child obesity has increased at an alarming rate in the United States. The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS), which tracked the percent of total daily calories of the range of food groups from 1970-2008, has given us the clues. You can … [Read more...] about Why Am I Fat? Here is the Simple Answer
Interview with Alicia Weber – Part 2
Matt Bogdanowicz’s is a sub-Masters middle distance runner who set WR for 1 minute pull-ups (46), 1 hour pull-ups (522), 30 minute pull-ups (433 set in 2006) but missed the 30 minute WR on Oct 2007 (completed 417 when the current record at the time was 442). In comparison, Alicia Weber is a former … [Read more...] about Interview with Alicia Weber – Part 2
Move over Matt Bogdanowicz, here comes Alicia Weber!
When Speedendurance covered Matt Bogdanowicz’s World Record attempts, a lot of you were wondering who set the equivalent WR for a women? As you know, my good friend Matt is also a sub-Masters middle distance runner who set WR for 1 minute pull-ups (46), 1 hour pull-ups (522), 30 minute pull-ups … [Read more...] about Move over Matt Bogdanowicz, here comes Alicia Weber!
