Dissecting The Hybrid Athlete! Are They The Future?

[@casefarley5744]

I lift weights and ride bikes. I will never reach my full potential in either pursuit but my primary fitness goal is not to turn into jabba the hutt, and in that regard the programs seem to work pretty well. YMMV

[@RunsFarRidesFar]

I also ride 🚴 up mountains and lift kinda regularly. It's just fun at the end of the day.

[@nickcustodi592]

I love this

[@liam.cameron]

Nice💪

[@cyle1116]

Willing to share numbers? Age? Squat? Miles/Week? Pace?

[@RunsFarRidesFar]

@@cyle1116 I'm 28 and because of my job, I can only get in about 100-150 miles a week on the bike, mainly to and from work. my lifts are not impressive; I stopped using barbells after my daughter was born and stuck to kettlebell lifting in my home gym (a corner in my house with gymnastics rings). As of the last time I actually went into the gym (NOV) 375 lbs deadlift and squat for two C&J 250 lbs Snatch 180lbs I stay away from the gym like the plague because plague...im not terribly strong I don't have the sikastani sauce running through my veins.

[@shawncarter5619]

i just started a hybrid routine. I love it. Basically its a CrossFit type routine 6 days a week and lifting 3 days a week.

[@thepeatboggy]

This is interesting to me coming from a rowing background Rowing and Track cycling are very much power/endurance sports In my experience, the best rowers are guys who have a background in high level strength or power training of some sort and then start the high volume aerobic and anaerobic training Seeing very lean cross country style athletes come into the sport and perform well is rare, it seems incredibly hard to increase your power while training this way as a natural athlete, but starting with that base and just maintaining it whilst growing your aerobic base is hugely advantageous

[@jayjayloks6965]

hey a fellow rower! I row for my universities rowing club! I always thought that people from cross country could crossover pretty well. They are surprisingly strong with weightlifting; nothing cray but its surprising.

[@thepeatboggy]

@@jayjayloks6965 Haha whats up man, where you row? You’re right though , Exceptional athletes can come from anywhere, but I think my point is more that its hard to develop a good strength base when you’re neck deep in a high performance program rowing 20-30k most days The best rowers I saw develop through the HP pathways, are the ones with huge strength bases to begin with, intermediate - high performance athletes definitely struggled to get stronger alongside the required Milage With Juniors tho , I don’t think this effect is as pronounced

[@jayjayloks6965]

@@thepeatboggy ahhh it's those with a solid foundation who seem to progress quite well. I see what your saying. A sport that comes to mind when that i feel that just tremendously switches over is crossfit; even though it's not technically considered a sport. These guys athletic ability is incredible both in strength and power! Olympic weightlifters, I feel, are totally up there in this category. But thanks for the response. And by the way I row for Sonoma State University here In CA!it's 2k season so lots pain and misery; it will be fun :)

[@thepeatboggy]

@@jayjayloks6965 I wish you well sir! I was a dirty lightweight for about 3 years here in belfast, Northern Ireland, just about pulled 6:30 last year Now I’m trying to bulk up and pursue strength sports for a year or two now before coming back to the sport. My various 2ks are still probably the most pain I’ve ever experienced

[@Second247]

Infact it's other way around, been in this domain for decade now (powerlifting and rowing/cycling/running/kettlebell sports). Base season is the best moment to increase strength, it's high intensity lactic worksouts which are really pesky to combine with strength training. But while lobbing endurance workouts it's very easy to do put emphasis on strength. In competitve season it's hard to put anything productive into gym while one should hit high quality endurance workouts. I've put 800 hours for last two years and been able to add kilos to bar while getting better and better on bike (i use powermeter so i have objective meter to monitor my progress). Issue comes from weight, endurance sports in general penalize from weight while strength sports require it (and increase it). That's where the rubber hits the road. Physically it's possible to get both stronger and aerobically fit at the same time, but added weight makes aerobic gains not to show in performace. Track cycling and indoor rowing being pretty much only sports where weight doesn't matter much. Thou i can always compete in Zwift and report my weight as 40kg (while weighting 80+kg) :) That's where i'm at now, i'm on door steps to be pretty competitive in cycling but my weight is harming my ability to compete (or even qualify into higher rankings) and powerlifting in the end is very boring sport. So now i try to maintain over 2x bodyweight in squat while dropping weight for cycling.

[@RevanDuvalcane]

I’ve been doing hybrid athletics for a while now and it’s so relieving to me to know that I will have various training modalities to fall back on when I get older.

[@kevinboueri1051]

I have been doing strength training and kickboxing for years now and I have become fairly decent at both.

[@clarkkant5322]

Even though this kind of hybrid competition is novel, it seems that the kind of training it requires has been around forever, in one form or another. Rugby players, wrestlers, judoka etc. all need both a high degree of cardiovascular capacity as well as high levels of top-end strength and explosiveness (in addition to their respective sport-specific abilities).

[@jordywilliams]

was doing this with gym work and cycling but after a point the two just don't help each other at all and you get mediocre results from both, especially in the gym with deadlifts and squats. I now train for the 2k on the indoor rower and its much more of a better balance. Rowing rewards being bigger and stronger, whilst still needing to train aerobically. Now every session I do is improving a singular goal. Improving my 1rm deadlift and 30min power on the rower or bike, improves my 2k

[@benhuber9257]

I want the hybrid athlete program. It would be great if I could start running it in the summer!

[@stevenhewes1990]

Ideally it was be out now so you can be lean and jacked ready for the summer. And then transition into the 1on1 coaching for summer 😎

[@awildstrongmonappears6770]

I guess I am personally interested in these hybrid athletes because I wish that some cardio benchmarks existed for strength athletes.

[@moistmayonese1205]

It is hard to establish cardio benchmarks for strength athletes. Even something like VO2max is somewhat specific to the activity you are doing. So having high VO2max measured on bike does not necessarily mean that you can recover well from a longer deadlift set. However, if an athlete can’t do squat 10 reps and be ready for another set in 3-5 minutes, some GPP is probably necessary.

[@modernwarrior24]

Im torn between training for boxing and for weightlifting. Love sparring and hitting the bag but i love the techinical aspect and prs of weightlifting :(

[@stevenhewes1990]

Do both.

[@LucasDimoveo]

The multi-sport athlete isn't the most efficient, but it keeps the gym fun and engaging. I love doing cleans, but most of my workouts are bodybuilding.

[@The17thHunter]

What level of aerobic fitness can the average person reach before the interference effect kicks in? Would a weightlifter snatching 95 CJ 130 benefit from being able to run a 5k for work capacities sake?

[@BouchaalaReda]

That's a very good question

[@High_Rate136]

I can't hit those numbers yet on CJ and Snatch, but I CJ 97 and Snatch 80 while still running 5ks and swimming 500 meters every day or every other day

[@joeb6424]

Having been a “hybrid athlete”.. albeit a shit one (the shit one that emailed a few weeks ago thanking you for the squat PB).. over the past few years, I can’t wait for this programme! Just wondering how applicable the methodology of this hybrid plan would be to longer distances?

[@johnoleary8107]

Great video lads! Would love to see more on this topic,

[@jacksefton3505]

Very informative video! Have shared with fellow lifters

[@1normyg]

100% will purchase this programme, I like lifting, I like cycling. I tolerate running 😂. I have to do all three to feel good.

[@jzb6372]

Fitz looking swole in that shirt

[@HughMcMahon]

I want the hybrid athlete program. Any chance of adding a 5k option - this is a very available race distance for those looking to do an actual race event e.g. parkrun.

[@nextsteptrainer9202]

The recovery aspect must be one of the hardest aspects if natural

[@awmlawoffice]

You can't optimally raise every athletic quality at once. It really doesn't matter if you're just trying to be fit and improve body composition, but if improved athletic performance in a team/traditional sport is the goal I think this is extremely suboptimal. That is why I don't understand the organization of training in crossfit. It will certainly turn you into an endurance/aerobic monster with high muscle endurance, moderately decent strength speed, etc. But, you could certainly organize it in a way: absolute speed/explosive movements 1st, dynamic movements/strength speed 2nd, absolute strength 3rd and then go ham on endurance. I just don't understand using technical dynamic movements like the snatch or clean & jerk for max reps or endurance. This is also suboptimal, but you certainly aren't improving "explosiveness", speed strength or strength speed with higher reps in a severely fatigued state.

[@brandonbaldwin8567]

I’d be interested in the program. I like powerlifting and running (shorter distances). Great video! Keep up the good work. 💪

[@shannonheathcliffmul]

did that hybrid program end up coming out?

[@major253kannon]

Hey Guys, you're as always providing amazing content. Please if you could consider other forms of payment on your website, that would be Sika!

[@sikastrength]

PayPal on request via email 📧 👌 👍 😊

[@major253kannon]

@@sikastrength Oh that's great lads, thank you.

[@94colinmor]

Howiye lads, mixing running and weights is something I've become more interested in on the list few years. I started out playing sports with lots of running with some bro lifting and then stopped playing team sports and moved into more weightlifting and powerlifting for a few years. Like a lot of people I became lazy with the cardiovascular stuff and became a bit husky and got into a small bit of running a few years ago. Last year completed my first marathon while lifting relatively heavy two to three times a week. What I've tended towards (naturally fell this way) in the last couple of years is focus more on lifting during the winter months and during the summer drop a day or two of lifting for more running/cycling to get outside a bit more. While waiting for the hybrid programme would you recommend doing the powerlifting blocks and weight training 2/3 days a week and training endurance another 2/3 days a week? And just be conscious of run/ride intensity/load around heavier lifting days? Cheers! keep up the good work!

[@BafroMan101]

Great video! Would be interested to hear your thoughts on someone like the bioneer or his approach to training "holistically" for being in great all round shape in general I guess...also curious about what you'd consider to be the ultimate GPP phase (if it's even a thing on it own) and is it something you could maintain indefinitely and then specialise into whatever you wanted from it? Maybe like how the Royal Marines train

[@camerondove8617]

really excited for the hybrid program, distences sound quite short though, any chance you guys will be looking to add longer distences in there at some point? 5k, 10k potentially?

[@jingsndthings]

How to have a 5 min mile and 500 lbs squat: Have a 4 min mile and a 600 lbs squat

[@1baby]

Staying on the same topic - we need a podcast with with Alex Viada!

[@hannahadkins22]

People thought some of these athletes weren't on steroids?

[@user-zb3lr3ke4f]

Alec Enkiri has entered the chat

[@raymondsmith2040]

I think his version of hybrid athlete training is the most realistic due to him training for speed and strength as opposed to endurance and strength.

[@kblkbl]

@@raymondsmith2040 that's not really hybrid tho, is it? Speed is a byproduct of power, and power output is directly related to strength training.

[@raymondsmith2040]

@@kblkbl They're related but still different modalities. A sprinter might have an impressive clean but it will never be like a Olympic weightlifter and an O weightlifter might be explosive but will never have the foot speed of a sprinter. Because they focus on different things. Alec tries to be the best he can be at both even though he's sacrificing being great at one.

[@kblkbl]

​@@raymondsmith2040 Sure but that's completely unlike what's being addressed in the video. Following this logic a weightlifter/powerlifter is a hybrid athlete, and that's okay, I just don't think it really fits the bill in the context of what's being discussed here in terms of concurrency.

[@jeremycreech4757]

For the algorithm!

[@shauncreed1315]

Algooooooooo

[@francoisstrength]

I'm close to pulling 700lb, I also surf big waves. I am also very flexible. I think that's pretty hybrid

[@zennappi]

Comment for programming ferries, not gonna start running tho.

[@stevenhewes1990]

Hey guys, do we have an ETA on your hybrid program?

[@georgedj4937]

Thoughts about playing soccer or basketball at low level and training and competing in powerlifting at same time? Thanks

[@georgedj4937]

@@TheJackOfAllTrades777 thanks for reply, im Serbian, so im already national level at powerlifting bc here powerlifting is not so developed as sport, and im not trying to be best at both, just have fun and not get injured

[@DylanFulbright]

I'll always have golf to keep myself occupied once I'm no longer able to make strength PB's, but until that day comes, I'm fully comfortable with investing all of my training resources into being as strong as I can for as long as I can. I've considered the risks of making it such a big part of who I am, and I would rather know I tried as hard as I could to be as skilled as I could in one specific discipline. TL;DR fucking fuck cardio, fuck it

[@StevenLabrum]

So... how far exactly do I need to run before I can claim that my 150 squat counts as a 200?

[@enrapturedgoose5317]

lmao. an ultra marathon bro

[@ike804]

So basically crossfit? Just a little bit more focused?

[@toomuch9762]

Hybrid is the way to go. Specialising is good for nothing only if you concentrate on a specific sport. But if you train for life and any situation it can throw at you then hybrid is the way to go. Real life fitness

[@nonical1429]

Yo

[@bigz1296]

Think they’re natural?

[@thepeatboggy]

I'd say Fitz probably is, but Eoin, being involved at a fairly high level of Olympic weightlifting in the past, has most likely been involved in PED' use at at least some point in his life, if not still.

[@bigz1296]

Haha I meant the ‘hybrid athletes’

[@willemrey39]

I don’t think Bare is natural but that’s just my opinion

[@itssquizie]

@@bigz1296 absolutely not. They are testing lower on tree so their stars stay at the top.

[@noobclips1570]

I come here for the shameless program plug at the end of the video 😋

[@ClayTJohnson]

So EPO and Sports TRT.

[@stevenhewes1990]

Add a bit of slin post w/o for rapid recovery and GH if your wallet is deep enough.

[@BillyMyHomey]

hybrid anything equals mule

[@Dorsiazwart]

What the fuck? Is it me or is eoin looking lean as a branch

[@HM-qe9pd]

Those high level hybrid guys are all juicing though so it’s hard to quantify the training for a natural

[@sportyv1k1ng]

"hybrid athlete" = crossfitter...? 😉and obvs here for the algoooooooooo...!

[@markwhitham1169]

Hybrid athlete= crossfitter , have you seen how bad they are at most real endurance events. 😁