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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
AKOS KONYA

Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who, only a few short days ago, claimed victory at the Lean Horse 100 Mile Ultramarathon in Hot Springs, South Dakota.

In a sport where completing the 100 miles in 24 hours of straight running is considered an elite accomplishment– Wait, in a sport where even completing the 100 miles in one go at all is considered extremely impressive– You know what? It would still be pretty impressive if somebody only got through half the distance, then broke down crying and quit.

Anyway, Akos Konya won the event by running 100 straight miles in an unbelievable 16 hours, 46 minutes and 20 seconds.

Now, I’m in pretty good shape and there’s pretty much no way I could run a four-hour marathon. If, by some chance, I was able to pull it off, I would be carted immediately to the nearest hospital where I would be bedridden for the next week or two. What Akos Konya did there was run a four-hour marathon, and then run three more of them, all back-to-back, without slowing down.

The amount of training that goes into achieving this level of physical endurance, and moreover, the mental strength required of anyone who crosses the finish line of a 100-mile ultramarathon is essentially beyond our abilities to measure.

Akos Konya has also enjoyed a 2nd place finish in the grueling 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon.

TODAY: CALVES (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)
and BICEPS (Fast Tempo, 90 Second Rests)

SEATED CALF RAISE (PROPER MACHINE) (8 sets)
140 x 6
140 x 7
140 x 6
140 x 5
90 x 10
90 x 10
90 x 9
90 x 8

STRAIGHT LEG CALF PRESS (DECLINE MACHINE) (5 sets)
360 x 11
360 x 10
360 x 11
360 x 10
360 x 10

REVERSE CALF PRESS (DECLINE MACHINE) (5 sets)
360 x 7
360 x 4
270 x 10
270 x 8
270 x 9

BARBELL CURLS (3 sets)
95 x 8
135 x 3
135 x 3

PREACHER HAMMER DUMBBELL CURLS (3 sets)
35 x 8
50 x 5
60 x 2

PREACHER MACHINE UNDERHAND CURLS (3 sets)
70 x 12
100 x 8
130 x 3

BARBELL OVERHAND CURLS (3 sets)
45 x 20
45 x 20
45 x 20

TRAINING NOTES

Total Sets (Calves): 18
Total Sets (Biceps): 12

As happy as I am to now have access to an actual seated calf raise machine, sparing me the need to stack plates three fight high on top of my lap, the machine to which I do have access seems to have been designed by and for pygmies as my knee can’t extend to anywhere near 90 degrees when I put my thighs under the bar. It’s something like 60 degrees at the most and I think this is limiting the weight I can do. If I were to put my legs at 90 degrees, the edge of the bar for the weights would be basically resting on the far edge of my kneecap, a great setup for shearing off my knee tendons.

Oh well, the search continues!

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