Consistency is your best friend or your greatest nemesis depending on if you are consistently doing the habits necessary to achieve your goals.
Ryan Hall
functional fitness
Flagstaff, AZ
A 2 time Olympian for the United States, Ryan is currently the fastest American to ever run the marathon and half marathon. He retired from professional running in 2016 and has since taken up weightlifting and bodybuilding.
- Fastest American to run a marathon (2:04:58; Boston 2011)
- 2008 Olympic Trials Champion and Olympic Trials record holder (2:09)
- 325 lb bench
- 470 lb squat
- 505 lb deadlift PR at 180 lb body weight
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10 MINUTES WITH RYAN
Q: WHAT PIECE OF ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR TWENTY-YEAR OLD SELF?
Q: WHAT LESSONS HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM FITNESS THAT HAVE SERVED YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE?
The power of consistency, community, and a holistically balanced life.
Q: WHAT KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED?
I love seeing growth and improvement. I also love the simple act of going all-out on something.
Q: WHAT’S THE ONE WORKOUT YOU ALWAYS DREAD? WHAT’S THE ONE WORKOUT YOU ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO? WHY?
The Murph! So painful! I love deadlift days simply because I love the feeling of a lot of weight in my hands.
Q: WITH ANY NEW MODALITY YOU GET INTO, HOW DO YOU APPROACH IT IN ORDER TO MASTER?
Learn from the best. Do the research upfront so that I can learn from other's mistakes and not have to make them myself.
Q: HOW DO YOU EMBRACE THE “BETTER THAN YESTERDAY” MINDSET IN YOUR DAY-TO-DAY?
I am always looking for "marginal gains." I try and improve my lifts by just 2.5 lbs a month which does't sound like much but it adds up after years and years.
Q: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE FAILURE? HOW HAS THAT SET YOU UP FOR LATER SUCCESS?
Definitely! So many failures to choose from! I ran my worst half marathon of all-time a month prior to running my best marathon of all-time. That failure turned something on inside me and I started feeling amazing after that and ran 2:04 in my next marathon.
Q: WHAT’S ON YOUR FITNESS BUCKET LIST?
I love adventures so I might try out an OCR race at some point but my main goal is to keep getting stronger and bigger.
