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You can really sense the PASSION he has for what he does. This interview was excellent 👍🏼

Great interview. Just want to clear things up, mobility is not just flexibility. Mobility is the combination of strength and stability through the full range of motion. You may be able to forcefully stretch a limb through a range of motion, but if there’s no strength and stability then it’s not mobility, just flexibility. Training for strength at the end ranges of motion is way different than stretching at end ranges of motion. They are right, you don’t want to be Gumby as a runner. But you do want the most range of motion WITH strength and stability throughout the full range. Anyway, mobility has been a buzz word lately, and most people think mobility is stretching. Trying to clear the air that they are not the same

This guy sounds like the perfect coach. Just checked his website. Shame i can't afford it, I'm resonating with everything he is saying about his holistic approach.

58 to 85kg. That's quite a transformation

This guy is an absolute legend. First time I'd even heard of Ryan and I'm just blown away!!

Gahhhhh soooo many great takeaways! His energy is contagious and left me excited and inspired. Biggest takeaway was to be willing to pivot in order to stay excited about your goals. Also, the difference between flexibility and mobility and that the more you can load, the more mobile you may become and stronger within that range of motion really clicked with me. Strength training has been such a game changer for me with my training, so to hear these tips was so helpful. Another great interview, Floris, thanks!

This was the best Ryan Hall interview I've seen. As a strength athlete who deeply dabbled in endurance sports I know EXACTLY what he's talking about when it comes to being exhausted from running and energized from lifting. I've felt the extreme slowdown when running with 50 - 60 pounds of added muscle. When he talks about only 3 pounds adding 3 minutes to his marathon time he's not exaggerating.

I have a strong suspicion that TRT has played a large part in his transformation. Hate to cast this doubt, but I gotta call it as I see it. Hard to think someone could gain that much contractile tissue at that age, especially after looking like a Kenyan for the vast majority of his life haha. Mad respect nonetheless, not saying he hasn’t put in the work in the gym and kitchen too.

When I was 40 years old in 2009, Ryan was my absolute number one inspiration to get me back into running. And I thank God I discovered him when I did.

Haven’t seen Ryan in years since his marathon days and was pretty shocking to see him bulked up! Sweet interview!

I don't think my attention strayed from this video for not even a split second. This is what not having an ego about accomplishments looks like. On top of that I truly believe he is just as happy passing on his knowledge to see others succeed as he was on a podium. This is a coach you will remember your whole life.

This is why we love you soo much Floris! Amazing guest, amazing questions. Thankful for this!

What an amazing runner & body builder and person-Ryan Hall. Complete absolute respect!! I would be honoured to be coached by him one day.

Floris, there were several moments during this video where I thought, man, he is such a good interviewer. Thanks for a great interview with the legend.

The favorite part was his philosophy on learning more from failures vs. successes! And his take on the "pain cave" love it!!

The selection of questions was just perfect in this interview. Keep up the good work! I especially liked the connections between Ryan's professional experiences and the takeaways for recreational runners, as well as the tips for strength training.

Lift heavy. Ugggghh. Since I've been running I haven't had the same motivation for weights but I agree I need to get a few heavy weight days in during the week. Great interview!

Wow! Great interview. I was so inspired, I emailed them while watching your interview. PS....LMNT is the BEST!!!! NEW SUBSCRIBER 😎👍🏻💯

Ryan has always been an inspiration to me. Great sportsman all round, truly a role model for all. I am a runner coming to the end of my peak but thinking of a different way thanks to Ryan.

I like the way Ryan says 'for me'. He never proclaims that one thing fits all. And that's the one thing I've learned getting older, we're all different and react differently to stimuli. Great interview.

I love that Ryan has veered into strength training!!!!!

Ryan is an incredible guy.

I could never see running as punishment. When everyone else was groaning because we had to run, I was excited at the chance to run. I have loved running my whole life. I will find an excuse to run as opposed to not running. Running makes life more enjoyable for me. Running is Life.

Fun interview! There are a few myths in here, such as the notion of “ectomorph” vs “endomorph”. There was also a comment about not wanting to be “too flexible” but thats also not a thing unless you have variety of hyper-mobility disease. The ideas about good sleep and nutrition, consistency, planned effort (easy and hard as planned), intuitive adjustments, etc are all absolute gold!

So nice to hear someone speaking with such enthusiasm and passion!

Thanks Floris Gierman, really enjoyed your interview with Ryan Hall, so much to take in. Do the things you enjoy to do, you will get more out of yourself.

Best interview ever on this channel! watched him racing with the best Moroccans Goumri and Gharib in London Marathon true tough runner. I trained with his brother at UCR really nice people!

New subscriber here. I really enjoyed this interview! I’m a 58 year old man who just started training for my first marathon, with an eye on eventually doing an ultra event. Having been actively training for various sports since 1974, and continuing for my various occupations, I consider myself to be in well above average physical condition. That said, I was concerned about if and or how much bodyweight may be a factor. Having weighed 245 pounds in my powerlifting days, I do not consider my current weight of 202 to be “heavy”. However, I noticed that most runners seem to be frail in build. I don’t have a clue as to my body fat percentage, but with visible abs, I am at a minimum. I’ll not ramble on, thanks again for the podcast!

I’m just a recreational runner but would like to do a half marathon (58 yrs old). I’ve watched quit a few videos and this was easily one of the best videos I’ve watched. Thank you!

This entire interview was amazing, especially the part about relying on God and fasting to hear Him better. This weekend when I completely failed my third full marathon race, I blamed it all on God. It was an easier way out, but the truth is, I didn't work as hard for it. I'm dusting myself off and revising my plan for my last full in a month at CIM. 🙏

Back in High School cross country , we would joke around about getting in trouble and say, “what is coach going to do, make us run?” Lol 😂 then we did get into trouble and he made us do an extremely difficult pool workout.. lesson learned…😅

It’s funny i went other way - used to weight 100 kg, was lifting 250 kg deadlift, squat 182 kg down to the floor. Went down to 70 kg now and running 10 k in 33 min, but still do weight lifting, i just love it, it’s just my thing. I loved it so much back then when i was big but now it’s like a different love, grown love. I know how to squat properly so i don’t damage myself, how to deadlift and not to damage my back.

Loved this episode. Ryan seems like a great guy. Thanks for all of the insight!

Amazing interview. Thank you!

Great interview! It’s cool to see that he was able to transition from one sport to another and still has the spark that made him a champion. Also glad you mentioned his brother and his performance at the Mammoth Trail Fest. I ran a couple of the races including the ascent, which Chad crushed. I saw you out there as well but didn’t introduce myself.

Love it. Thank you for sharing this interview with Ryan. I think strength training is something I ignored for so long, but it can definitely help my running and go a long ways to preventing injuries.

Great guest, thanks

Awesome interview! I listened to this on my run this morning!

I enjoyed the interview good job.

Great Conversation about strength training 💪, speed work and many other different aspects of training methods not commonly associated with distance runners

Outstanding interview Floris!

After listening to that I have to wonder if I run my easy day's too hard, Ryan talked so much sense alot of which was in hindsight which won't help him now but will certainly help future runners.

It was very interesting for me to hear him speak about how it was good for him to allow his weight to jump up about 15 lbs after a training block. And how if he did not do that he would crash and burn. I have always felt that was a shortcoming of mine to fluctuate like that.

Thanks for this interview. What a great guy. I enjoyed listening to his perspectives on the mental approach to training, as well as the impact of weight and nutrition on injury and performance. His holistic and individual approach to coaching makes sense.

The whole episode was great

Wealth of knowledge and tips! Thank you Floris!

What a great episode! Really enjoyed it.

Love Ryan Hall. Great interview, Floris. I always enjoy your work!

This was an awesome podcast! Awesome questions and responses. I would totally like this getting more views, I think it deserves it. EDIT omg I didn't realized I was very very early on this video xdd It will totally get more views then! (I opened the video like 20 minutes after realease and heard it interruptedly during the day without updating the page jhsjhs)

Loved it. I could really relate to most everything he was talking about! Very engaging and easy to listen to. Thank you

one of my favs from you Floris! This was great

Fantastic interview and insights. Bought the book and looking forward to listening to it.

The whole posterior chain is connected. From the hip to glutes to the knee to the ankle i.e., knee pain could be due to weak or tight hip flexors.

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Awesome listen !!! Great chanel Floris !! Thank you

Yes great information. So important

I hated weight training, which I why I've never mustered enough motivation to keep going. The longest stint in a gym was around 5 months. I doubled the training weights over that period but it was soul destroying and mind numbingly boring. It helped with running, but 4 months was all I could take. I also hated the gym environment. Career pressures and getting married took over my life so I sadly lost interest in running. Now 35 years later... no need to say what bad shape I'm in

Great interview

Having viewed this interview along with a few others pipping the bunch is the one with Dr Mark Cucuzzella from 2019. London Marathon back in the early 80's I wore I think they were called New balance comp 100 and you sent them away to be re-soled after 40miles. Now these were racing flats. Maybe I was lucky but over the next 25 years the injurys I picked up were from trips and fulls ect, and in fairness apart from the odd calf strains through probably 70/80 mile weeks mainly on hard surfaces, to this day with the more cushioned ones, injuries of late have come by dog walkers !!. and the like. Now in my 60's and never been into stretching really and only really do a kind of Maf training ( sorry but what's this 9 min and slower all about and Dr Cucuzzella mentions 11min ) because it seems to be popular on KZfaq . Only yesterday a couple of larger chaps went past me in the opposite direction clearly in the early stag of jog walk and I totally admire them and those runners towards the back of a park run. I am lucky in that I can get back to the same weight as I was back in the 80's ie 10st and a few pounds and I like my junk food. In truth I dread the day when exercise becomes a problem. Going back to the Dr Cucuzzelle interview, I will get a copy of Run for your life and watch the interview again as theirs got to be benefits we can all take from it. Ian

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so much great info!

The video he is talking about is the one from Magnus Midtbø! ☺️

Another great interview. ❤️ One thing always makes me smile: Floris, you always pronounce the word athlete like atlethe. 😉💚

Why did he quit running to do weights when he is like the best american marathoner we had in 50 years? Also how did he pop a hernia? Lifting? 0 running in a few years? Im a little confused. This reminds me of when micheal jordan quit basketball to play baseball and was terrible at it, and people are like go back to basketball before you retire .

I noticed the the black ring on Ryan's finger on other athletes as well. What is it for and what is it called?

59 half. Gnarly

I do not like weight lifting because I get big quickly and my body tends to get bloated . I dislike the feeling of heavy

I currently don't have any issues with electrolytes, because I keep assault Shaker and every single one of my cars and my backpack.

How short is he? He looks way heavier than 85kg

Sorry to say… This was the opposite of what I thought it was going to be.

If cycling makes you a faster runner how come the best runners including Kipchoge, Sarah Hall, etc, don't do it?

Stop saying 'like'

I would like to have heard more about his approach to strength training in distance runners and less of the Christian nonsense.

Please offer some water😂😂