Adam Klink 4:56 mile & 500# back squat

Very impressive and shows a really well rounded athlete. Both of those are tough on their own and being in shape to do both on the same day is pretty cool.

I try so hard to do well at both, but I just can’t. Super impressive when people can be strong and run fast/far concurrently.

Yeah, but how much does he bench?

I ran a 4:45 mile in high school, that was at my peak. I was also 130 lbs soaking wet and could barely lift 135 on bench.

Lol. Hit the weights buddy.

So you're saying his lifting is impressive? That's fine but why include a mediocre mile time as proof of some great accomplishment.

Something tells me you couldn’t even load 500# on the bar.

This combo is pretty amazing and no one should downplay it. Most decently athletic 200 lb men could train their entire lives and never hit a legit 500 lb squat.

However, I do believe many decently athletic men in their physical prime could run a sub 5 minute mile. Catch is training for it (endless 400 repeats!) would take awhile and would be miserable, especially without a track or serious distance running background.

Again, pretty impressive accomplishment!

Squatting 500 is the more significant achievement of the two. Running sub 5 is only really noteworthy if you a high school girl.

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Something tells me you couldn’t even load 500# on the bar.

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Probably not. But I ran a 4:52 mile in jr high. I just dont get the significance of a 4:56 mile. It's not some remarkable achievement. It's line saying he squatted 500# and bowled a 130.