The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
The time limit was ve
minutes, and we weren't permitted to put the weight on the ground.
"I weighed 77 kilograms and did 77 reps in 3 minutes and 30 seconds," I answered.
"Okay. Here, we do things like that as a finisher to a workout."
I wasn't sure exactly where the conversation was headed, but it sounded like he was calling
me a big p***y.
He continued:
"I just turned 36, but I can still power clean 300, do a standing back ip, and also just ran the
Quad Dipsea Ultramarathon, which is 28.4 miles with 18,500 feet of elevation change. Rather
than being laid out for weeks like most runners, I was fully able to lift heavy and train hard the
next week."
Maybe he had a point with the girly-man comment. Then he dropped the bomb:
"And I never ran more than five kilometers in preparation for it."
My brain stopped there:
"Wait ... Hold on. How the hell did you train then?"
"Lots of 400-meter repeats."
"Lots of 400-meter repeats."