I did my first ParkRun a few months ago and noticed a woman participating with two small children under apx 3/4, two dogs, a pushchair and a massive backpack. Total respect to her and I told her as much 👏🏽

Nose breathing example! 😂

I have started running after almost 2 years. Though I was never a long distance runner, at max I ran 9 km. Now starting with 88 kg body weight and I can run the first 3 km pretty normally, the next 2 km is a bit challenging. However, I am running 5 km without significantly tiring myself. The goal is to run longer and reduce body weight just by running and skipping ropes.

Thank you for this content! Not only am I a heavier person but an older one as well trying to really get right with fitness. Any advice for someone with the combo of age and weight?

I just don’t understand why they can’t make them lighter for their trail. Shoes are pretty heavy. That’s the only thing I see.

I've been doing double days 4 days a week for a couple months now - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. Usually bike or run 45 min-1 hour first thing after waking up and then do 1.5 hour weights on my extended lunch break (4 day work week is supreme. I come in early for a longer lunch break so I'm not rushed on weights). Lower/Upper split on weights. Longer run/bike/swim sessions on Wednesday and Saturday, recovery rides on Sunday. My body feels amazing with this schedule, and my mood has never been better.

As a southeast Asian…. My recommendation is to transition from barefoot shoes to rubber flip flops…. lol

This what I call super human … the level of performance and organisation to associate marathon and strength is just crazyyy … thx for the motivation mate

my zone 2 HR is around 140. meanwhile my HR when i squat is 150...

Great video Fergus! Very easy to digest and nice cinematography.

‘Disregarding females’ has a time and a place? Care to elaborate? I’d like to know the context because that comment worries me, as a female follower of yours who feels generally threatened by the narrative towards us online and in politics these days.

just commenting for the algorithm bro #muchlove #blessedman

So, i wanna say something and could use some advice for that as well. I've done judo for 22 years (38 now and haven't trained for years because of a chronic muscleproblem on my traps or somewhere), i've done powerlifting somewhere in the last years of the judo training. Kinda loved it, but that gave me problems as well. I was always skinny, packed on some good muscle and after that a lot of fat as well. I got chronic sleep problems which i attribute to that hard training and weight gaining period: sleep apnea and sleeping problems. Haven't trained in years and i'm hitting the gym again today for the 1st time in a looong time (i also do horse riding, but this is only once a week for now, it's a good sport but need to do it a lot to get proper benefits). My idea now is to start a HIIT program with kettlebells. Just 3/4 exercises, 1 minute work, 1 minute rest, 5 sets. The reason i want to do this is because i am really UNFIT. Time is ticking! And i would like to be fighting fit, if that makes sense. Wrestlers work a lot with kettlebells and HIIT so i wanna try my take on that. I'm not a runner, never have been and will never be. So what is your take, as an athlete, on that? The workout will only be around 30-40minutes hard work and rest, with around 15 minutes of warmup. It will for sure cause problems with my neck again, but i need to push beyond that or nothing will ever happen. I'm also chronicly fatigued, so i can tell you that everything will be a damn struggle. Anything but horseriding appearantly. Your take?

What pair is good for gym but good walks in all weather ( waterproof ) ? as I’m in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What's your advice for returning to training, weights and running after a cold. Woke up Saturday with it and have been taking it easy since. I'm hoping ro get back to the gym on Monday. Any advice would be great.

Lol, it's by progressive overload and eating right there's no other way

I’m flat footed it’s hard to find shoes there comftable at first after walking my feet hurt my back is hurting do u think vivo would be worth buying knowing I’m flat footed or should I look for something else feel like I’m running out of options and a solution

Hi Fergus, What type of Altras do you wear? I was trying to work it out from the video. I’ve worn vivos for seven or eight years but I am struggling running in them long distance, it’s just a bit too hard. I need some cushioning.

The comment on if we’re not training to win medals etc hit home - I can be a bit hard on myself, and have a tendency to do a bit too much and in so doing become quite injury prone - which I find incredibly hard mentally! I’d love to see more about your rehab journey as it’s easy from the outside to think people in fitness are immune to injuries - but the whole mental process around it, especially if training for a specific event and worrying if you can still make it etc is hard and i think seeing how others deal with that has a lot of value

I love my primus lite's and wear them half the time esp when i am doing simple day to day activities, travel and most definitely driving. I removed the inner lining and ut is as close to barefoot as much as possible.

Awesome video…but also, throwback big back Fergus was Yoked! Dude looked like a brick house!! 🤯

Great video as always! I have completed the Omnia Marathon + Hypertrophy in the first half of this year and now just completing the Marathon + Strength with the Malaga marathon on Sunday and PB'ing in BSD by some margin in both training blocks and running much faster than I expected, all off the back of watching the double brutal video this time last year. Just wanted to say Thank you Fergus! PS When are these Omnia hats becoming available?

I combine powerlifting and kickboxing, and it’s been an incredible journey. I've been strength training for quite some time, but only recently started competing in powerlifting. That decision turned out to be one of the best I've ever made - it reignited my passion for the sport and significantly boosted my progress. Having a clear goal gave me a renewed sense of purpose and drive. Kickboxing, on the other hand, is something I currently have no intention of competing in (at least for now), but I deeply enjoy the community aspect of it. It complements my strength training perfectly, providing everything that lifting doesn’t: endurance, speed, mobility, balance, coordination, and mastering technique. Together, these two disciplines challenge me in different ways and help me grow both physically and mentally.

Petition for Fergus to release the MW2 clips

A group video to help keep training in perspective

I think I speak for everybody by saying those crossfit pull ups aren‘t real pull ups. But seriously bern lifting for close to 20 years now snd still love it. In the last 3 months I got into running as well. Like doing both. The only thing that I don‘t like about lifting is what it has become on social medie. Frickin clown show

been looking at hybrid training recently and i've lifted heavy for a good few years myself but always cycled as well and done a few duathlon sprints and i'm not very good at distance running but would like to combine all really and spread the love to all disciplines rather than just two wheels

I used to be a quite good powerlifter and having switched from that to triathlon, I deeply regret that I didn't combine any endurance training with my strength training earlier. While deadlifting absolutely destroys my running capabilities, I feel like I could've definitely combined my strength work with some cycling or swimming with little effects to my strength gains. This would've made me a more complete, healthy athlete and a better man in return.

Being able to yoke walk heavy weights and run long distances at the same time is the goal for me now. Much need message from you Fergus for sure!

Full circle humbling moment where you realise people not training like you aren’t doing it wrong, they’re just training for their own goals is huge. Instant humility and something you only experience from broad experience yourself!

Having gotten into powerlifting a few years into my journey, I can relate to all of these things, and when I got stuck there, focusing on more weight on the bar, it was a real struggle. I am much more content nowadays, doing a bit of both powerlifting and endurance, and really love the hybrid approach. I can also say the “ego” part of powerlifting (or any “box” people put themselves in) I feel like gets so many eventually, people stuck and sometimes injured too.

I've never put myself into a "box" for training as it's always been to support my ability to race motocross (but that I guess is my box). I normally have a on and off season training which I try to balance cardio (run, cycle and swim) with weight training. currently I'm working on some power lifting goals and plan on competing in a power lifting meet this time next year as I've really started to enjoy moving heavy, weight which I'd never done before a few months ago

great video!

Juijitsu

Loved the video! Been dealing with this a lot recently - being in-between elective ankle surgeries has impacted my identity when I've not been able to run or do kickboxing. Also feel I naturally go through bouts of going all in on barbell training vs weighted calisthenics / skills, instead of doing both and accepting the only important metric is fun with my training rather than being optimal for an arbitrary goal.

Great video and great timing for me, as I feel I am at a crossroads to where to go next. Traditionally a powerlifter like yourself and due to a few injuries and operations I now need to set new goals and possible new directions.

Great video Fergus and glad to see you shift to this mindset. There is no reason to put boxes on ourselves and limit our experiences!

The cycle of returning to activities you haven't done in a while is fun. Sometimes what's old is new. And as you age, you're not the same athlete you once were, which makes achieving PBs even sweeter and the 'wins' feel that much better.

Love it mate! Definitely got lost in the roof of endurance sport. The idea of “Hybrid training” definitely gave me the freedoms you spoke about!

Really good video and it actually explains a lot how I felt transitioning from competitive thai boxing to triathlon, thai boxing stopped giving me that buzz and became a habit and a chore to drive to the gym every day and lose a lot of time commuting, however I struggled to lose the "identity" created in my own head and let go and try other things and simply enjoy. It's nice and refreshing that you had a similar experience transitioning from one sport to another and it's sort of normal to have these thoughts and fall into that trap, Great video

Very cool, but how far did you go with MW2?

impressive and inspiring

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One of my biggest mistakes in my fitness journey was putting myself in box “I lift weights and only that” vs just trying out other forms of exercise! Now I do a little bit of everything - running, yoga, weights, biking, etc!

Really like this vid! Any chance you can make a video on balancing corporate life and all your training and competing?

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I wish there was a way to get CSA steel toe boots in barefoot but that would kind of not be at all barefoot. I wear barefoot when I’m not at work and find that as soon as I’m in my steel toes again I start getting sore knees and back pain.

Run Club in Reykjavík please!

Morning Fergus what make of knee straps are those as they look very robust. Cheers

🙏☦️AMEN☦️🙏 FINALLY someone sets the world straight about footwear Thank you SIR………..