Possibly the smartest 800 runner ever. Made the most of his ability.

@mitchruns9667

2 жыл бұрын

He decided to be a pro runner instead of a doctor

@charlesbromberick4247

2 жыл бұрын

That´s how it seems to me, too.

Everybody who raced got a free pack of run gum

@zachthomas7810

2 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@ericric575

3 ай бұрын

@@claudeodick Yeah and also a crisp 100 dollar bill

@Mrgeditz169

3 ай бұрын

@@ericric575😂

amazing what he accomplished on tracks, built more like an mma fighter than a runner

@paulop3730

2 жыл бұрын

Nick Has mentioned on his KZread channle that he would race at 5-10lbs lighter than his pre-season weight at around 155-160lbs. Still heavier than most endurance/ middle distance athletes for his height.

Who watches his KZread channel 4 year later

@youreview6485

4 жыл бұрын

We reviewed Nick's channel recently. You might enjoy it! :)

@gabriellloyd

4 жыл бұрын

me!

@pvenutur

4 жыл бұрын

I'm watching it 5 years later

@albertoaguilar9773

4 жыл бұрын

I do.

@DLS24DLS

3 жыл бұрын

Now he humiliates himself smfh smfh smfh

800m training = Versatile athlete

@A50News509

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@dstorane5008

3 жыл бұрын

Really.....i agree

@infiniteheygtre4580

3 жыл бұрын

Need to have both really good speed and really good endurance

@-guitarhero

Жыл бұрын

exactly. They can do well in a 5k or a 200m

i really hope he medals in 2016...a very good representative of the USA

@k2r1ce56

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Travis Lol or...... not

@subashshrestha1015

7 жыл бұрын

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@rushikeshnikam8107

6 жыл бұрын

Haramkhor

From Peter Snell to Nick Simmons, the 800m has such a great history

@ibetryn2468

8 жыл бұрын

did you mention those two specifically because they are the only two runners over 160 in the 800? because that's why I like them. they are animals for their size...

This is the ideal male body, you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like.

@gookertrooper

7 жыл бұрын

there is no ideal male body. there is only the best body you can achieve.

@omgitsjakenjames

7 жыл бұрын

It's a meme bro lol

@reinismartinsons

6 жыл бұрын

It's not funny if it's almost true

@marksinclair2592

4 жыл бұрын

Longevity wise, health yes I believe middle distance runners are king when it comes to peak performance you’re not a toothpick like marathoners but you’re not overly packed like a meathead you’re the perfect balance of strength and endurance

@Zeus-7778

Жыл бұрын

Exactly 800m runners ... 200m speed ... Long distance endurance and strength

nice video about pre season training .

Great video thanks for posting

Add Russian subtitles PLEASE! I want very much to understand information from this video.

@smurfekidsa

9 жыл бұрын

WladyslawRudakow improve your english?

@thatsfresh28

8 жыл бұрын

+Jan Fredrik Ah, yes, here we have the common North American Xenophobe. Native to the Southeast United States, it isn't uncommon to find this creature on the surface sites of the internet like KZread.

@lookherenow2

5 жыл бұрын

hush menzadeh His name indicates that he is Swedish actually, lol

@tristiandavis6852

5 жыл бұрын

hush menzadeh he’s Swedish look at his name

This is sick!!!

Great video..

Keep work hard in the off season to be on the top of your game in the summer🙌🏽

great stuff

Great video

I'm trying to train for the 800 this year. I've made it to state 2 years in a row in the 3200 and 1600. I think my problem is that I do ZERO training at race speed for the 800. All my training is always 3200 specific. 8x400@80s. Or 4x800@2:45. My PR in the 800m is 2:27 and I set that PR off nothing but foundation miles this summer. I'm built short and muscular (especially for a girl) much like you. I feel like if I did some work on getting that 800 down to 2:20 (where I'd need to be to win) then my mile and 2 mile would naturally come down. I've heard that you have your 800m training somewhere but I cant find it.

@AveryR-XC

4 жыл бұрын

If your peak race is around May, incorporate workouts like 10x200m @800m goal pace with 200 jog recovery around March. Gradually take it down to 9,8,7,6,5,4x200 as you get closer to the peak race and shorten the rest and speed up the pace.

@jayben-nassar8148

4 жыл бұрын

huh?

@fury3029

4 жыл бұрын

What are your 1600, 3200 times?

@joehaynes7092

3 жыл бұрын

My man just look up nick symmonds training plan up it’s free or basically learn that it’s tempo runs easy runs short sprints and hard work for the 8

@goompaloompayjh2uuyg538

3 жыл бұрын

If ur still trying for that 800, you should know that it is easier to get fast if you step up from the 400

High mileage typically just injures you anyways this is the better way to go it’s smarter. 60 miles a week makes sense for him noting that he is a professional and running a 1:42.

@BennyNegroFromQueens

4 жыл бұрын

FOR THE 800M. For the 3200m totally different story. Same for the 5k.

@screenstream1005

4 жыл бұрын

@Randummm tell that to all the Ethiopians and Kenyans who are running 15 miles a day to go to school everyday at 10years old and become the best runners in the world later

A força te faz um guerreiro mas é a fé que te transforma en em vencedor Um velho samurai que malha a mas de cinco décadas muito más ativo do que qualquer joven oss.

He is a muscular 800m runner.

Nick symmonds le duc des USA sur le 800m;))

@fraserslife8399

4 жыл бұрын

Le duc? Qu'est ce que c'est?

@screenstream1005

4 жыл бұрын

@@fraserslife8399 le roi si tu veux

Awesome

Even if he has a little more muscle It doesn't matter because he is still running fast times

@kylecharles9879

5 жыл бұрын

Ralph Kiszakiewicz it helps. that’s his natural physique, he tends to retain muscle, that’s good for an 800m. It compensates for being shorter than some of the other elite 800 guys. He’s powerful and compact which gives him his fast finish.

Why would somebody dislike this video

what kind of pace for your distance runs in the off season?

@ari7gam77

2 жыл бұрын

He has retired since then. He now has a KZread channel, and he now is the CEO of the company Run Gum.

Have you won any Olympic medals? I like your training regime.

It’s like an energy drink but in gum form

Great guy. He should open YT channel.

@emilyray2246

Жыл бұрын

He does have a KZread channel

@colorzoomer6861

7 ай бұрын

@@emilyray2246 r/woooosh!

@emilyray2246

6 ай бұрын

@@colorzoomer6861 ???

@colorzoomer6861

6 ай бұрын

@@emilyray2246 he was joking.

@emilyray2246

6 ай бұрын

@@colorzoomer6861 ok

Yerba matte...coffee is rancid by the time we use it

Dude is not that big. Honestly I see nothing wrong with his height or weight.

Periodisation

Who is watching in 2023

@dariusfarshchian1587

Жыл бұрын

Me

@krishnakantkishlay6205

Жыл бұрын

Me

Arise ,Awake and not stop until the goal reached = Swami Vivekananda

make subtitres for this video, please

@heikokraubner4464

6 жыл бұрын

Learn English!

Can I get a pack of gum plz nick xD

Rudisha

Stud.

2 time Olympian bruh

@Bruno-dj7th

2 жыл бұрын

1:42.95

@martyn9457

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bruno-dj7th invented Rungum

🦬

Kevin levrone only less weirdo

he lifts everyday?

@basedgod7271

8 жыл бұрын

No

@DMGC529

7 жыл бұрын

where did he say that?

@tylertellalian9261

3 жыл бұрын

Twice a week he says

I wonder how the Kenyans train..

@mattbarnes6691

6 жыл бұрын

Go to the sweat elite page theres some good training formulas all top internationals use. Even David Rudisha

@BennyNegroFromQueens

4 жыл бұрын

More mileage.

Hindi

You can use woodprix, it has the best handbooks and ready instructions. You can learn much from them and make it yourself.

is it really necessary to run 6 miles if you're training for the 800?

@VinylUnboxings

8 жыл бұрын

You could argue against it, but it helps with VO2 max

@kias3531

8 жыл бұрын

It depends if you're a long distance strong 800m runner who trains with more mileage, or a more speed rounded one who trains with more intervals and speed workouts

@FormulaMac

8 жыл бұрын

yeah I'm not gonna do the 800 xD

@camerondean3938

7 жыл бұрын

6 miles is not a long distance whatsoever

@georgekurioreilly4857

7 жыл бұрын

yeah, it's extremely important to improve the efficient of the aerobic system. and he does sprints to better his anaerobic energy systems. both are used in the 800 and this way he isolates them. you don't just run 800m to improve your 800 you go over and under to improve specific areas.

All the weight training really helps me bully distance runners by running in front of them with bad form, slowing down with my elbows flared- Nick symmonds.

@jaydavis2142

5 жыл бұрын

Desmond Stephen this was extremely funny i cant lie😂

He probably could have broke the world record if he kept his weight in check. He should probably be racing at around 5'10" 150lbs... not 170lbs. Perfect example is Wayde van Niekerk 6'0" 160lbs (probably less). Why do you think the most used PED for distance runners is thyroid medication?? Because it's all power-to-weight ratio.

@SpiceIndustries

5 жыл бұрын

what is that? some drug that makes your muscle waste away?

@trumanhelm7867

3 жыл бұрын

He explains it on his youtube channel on why his race weight was a little heavier.

and he got destroyed by the Kenyans

@xkjjx

5 жыл бұрын

MasterCheesy do you know nothing about running except that Kenyans are good? Because of you did, you’d realize how exceptional he his, even thought he didn’t defeat the best of the best. His 2012 Olympic time is better than the winners of both 2008 and 2004 olympics I’m pretty sure.

@nicolasgonzalez8901

4 жыл бұрын

Randummm you didn’t prove anything lmao

@notsquish8876

4 жыл бұрын

@Randummm speed relies heavily on strength though

@masterwaylon

4 жыл бұрын

did you end up beating the Kenyans my friend MasterCheesy?

Firstly, this guy sounds like a nice bloke so I want the rest of my comment to be an objective observation, and nothing about him as a person. He doesn't look like a runner in that he doesn't look slender like most middle distance runners do. Even the African bloke he is training with looks big for an African. Their legs don't look straight, they are curved and bandy. The guys are probably fit as all get out, but as someone that does not know them at all, I was surprised when he said he was a runner. It would be interesting to see what he weighs. Athletes these days are getting heavier and heavier. His calves for example are way too big. If you look at runners from the 80's, they had big upper legs, but slender lower legs. Even athletes are not safe from modern metabolic issues.

@benjaminrobinson2979

8 жыл бұрын

Peter Snell, 800m world record holder in the 60s was even bigger than nick. Nick is 165 and Snell was 176.

@tonya2183

7 жыл бұрын

There are two kinds of 800m runners, sprinters and middle distance guys. He's a sprinter type of runner.

@thomasmckenzie4584

7 жыл бұрын

I agree that he doesn't look like a typical 800m guy, but, like everything else in track and field, the clock doesn't lie. 1:42.

@johnhippisley9106

5 жыл бұрын

Tj Mckenzie agreed

he looks too big for 800 meters. The dedication is great, but I fear too much lifting and not enough track work

@DMGC529

7 жыл бұрын

I think he's got it covered.

@k2r1ce56

7 жыл бұрын

Therightfit PT Well not anymore lol

@DMGC529

7 жыл бұрын

Burger BoB LMAO I think most would agree he has done pretty well hey. I'm sure he will sit down and think long and hard and take your training advice on board though.

@georgekurioreilly4857

7 жыл бұрын

michael johnson had the body of a 100m sprinter and bolt that of a 400m sprinter.

@michaelcooper716

6 жыл бұрын

anzatzi Not all 800m runners are the same built.. likewise not all 400m runners .. we all have different shape, size and body composition.. and you can split 800m runners into 2 groups. The ones comong from a 200m & 400m background.. or the ones coming from a 1500m or higher background.. 800m is like smack in the middle.. it's like the line betweem long and short distance athletes.. and both sides can come together