Never heard of him before today, and no idea what natural does or does not look like. All I know is in every picture it looks like a regular dude’s head photoshopped into a He-Man toy 😂
Dude ran a 5:3x all-out mile a few weeks ago at 200+ lbs bodyweight on the track, it’s on youtube.
He does look awfully superbuff to me though, having lifted quite a lot myself, I do wonder if there is physiological x-over and that’s ALL I’m going to say about that!
He did sound like he trained legit for the IM, but yeah, that’s a heckuva a 1st try.
Looking at pics of him on the net there is no doubt he is chemically enhanced…
Why don’t you follow his history on YouTube before you bash him for steroids…cmon man you’d be surprised what people can attain aesthetically when bodybuilding and lifting consistently for 10 years. Don’t be jealous
I don’t care what his history is, as someone who has been involved in BB for many years I have a pretty good idea of what natural looks like.
Well same here being involved in and also competing in bodybuilding…but you “don’t care what his history is,†so there ya go lol. Hell, you’d prob think I’m on the juice too ha
Kinda funny his company sells supplements and “gear”
Btw, it doesnt matter what his history is if hes able to carry more muscle than people who compete as natural. Plenty of others out there on the internets don’t think he’s natty.
Dude ran a 5:3x all-out mile a few weeks ago at 200+ lbs bodyweight on the track, it’s on youtube.
He does look awfully superbuff to me though, having lifted quite a lot myself, I do wonder if there is physiological x-over and that’s ALL I’m going to say about that!
He did sound like he trained legit for the IM, but yeah, that’s a heckuva a 1st try.
Looking at pics of him on the net there is no doubt he is chemically enhanced…
Why don’t you follow his history on YouTube before you bash him for steroids…cmon man you’d be surprised what people can attain aesthetically when bodybuilding and lifting consistently for 10 years. Don’t be jealous
I don’t care what his history is, as someone who has been involved in BB for many years I have a pretty good idea of what natural looks like.
Maybe all of us PA boys look like that
He also weighs 195 lbs
This is only meaningful if you add his height. I went sub 12 at 220 lbs and sub 10 around 190-195 lbs, but I’m also 6’3". It makes a big difference. If he looks like that at 195, he must be very short.
He’s 5’ 10â€. So at 7lbs per inch his 190 would be your 225
I enjoyed following his videos. Seems like a hard working guy with tons of self motivation. Power to him. Great performance. Not surprising after watching him put the time in to train. I also enjoy watching triathlon Taren. Both very motivational and I appreciate the YouTube content.
He’s very annoying. But that’s a pretty good time.
WHAT?
This guys annoying but Sander’s isn’t. Give me a break. Now if you said taren is annoying I would agree. Don’t get me wrong I wasn’t thinking he would go under 12 but come on.
Long story, and yes Taren jumping onto the fake fitness influencer market just feeds into the thing I hate about the bodybuilding influencer world.
Saw his vids pop up all the time on my youtube feed. I didn’t follow his story but it seems like he was talking his training really seriously. Not surprised he did really well since he probably had crazy army like discipline from all his body building training. I know some bodybuilders and that shit is not joke with all that goes in to it. Seems like he just applied it all to completing an Ironman and he smashed it…good for him. I wonder will he stick to triathlon though or go back to the gym and continue to be huge.
Followed the whole series and thought he would do well in the race as taren prepared him well.
Happy for both of them. Nice job guys.
I started following Nick Bare when Triathlon Taren mentioned him in a video. I gotta say, I was hugely skeptical of this guy’s chances of completing an Ironman but after watching his training series on his YouTube channel and seeing this results, I’m blown away.
He could barely swim in June, bought an entry level tri-bike and didn’t even know how to change a tire, but followed his training plan religiously and showed up ready. Anyone else impressed by this? Reminds me what really matters, consistency and fortitude.
Given, the conditions at IMFL were pretty favorable, still a huge accomplishment to go under 12 hours in your first triathlon.
I did 11:37 in 2007 in Switzerland after having started training in 2006 without background in swimming and biking (only jogging) with 46 years old so what’s the point?
Dude ran a 5:3x all-out mile a few weeks ago at 200+ lbs bodyweight on the track, it’s on youtube.
He does look awfully superbuff to me though, having lifted quite a lot myself, I do wonder if there is physiological x-over and that’s ALL I’m going to say about that!
He did sound like he trained legit for the IM, but yeah, that’s a heckuva a 1st try.
Looking at pics of him on the net there is no doubt he is chemically enhanced…
Why don’t you follow his history on YouTube before you bash him for steroids…cmon man you’d be surprised what people can attain aesthetically when bodybuilding and lifting consistently for 10 years. Don’t be jealous
I don’t care what his history is, as someone who has been involved in BB for many years I have a pretty good idea of what natural looks like.
Don’t worry, most people who know a thing or two about a thing or two know the guy “probably†is enhanced. That said, I think it’s really cool he did what he did as it gives another (likely skewed but still solid) data point for big guys/lifters getting into triathlon. I just crossed over from powerlifting/bodybuilding this year and would love to have more information and resources out there for people coming from that direction. I treated my entire first year of tri as a science experiment and got some really good insights that simply don’t exist online because nobody is really making this kind of shift. I hope we get more data points like him in the future.
Not really a suprise is it? He has that mentality to stick to a plan and go through with it. Also did the work of sorting out hydration, nutrition etc. so mostly a mechanical could have stopped him.
Not really a suprise is it? He has that mentality to stick to a plan and go through with it. Also did the work of sorting out hydration, nutrition etc. so mostly a mechanical could have stopped him.
Actually, it’s a big surprise. IM is no joke, and add on rookie 1st timerness and all that bodyweight as well as ongoing commitment to bodybuilding, it’s even harder. Not impossible, but definitely farrrrrrr from average.
I’d bet most top tri coaches can’t even get 5 of 100 typical bodybuilders to run a 5:35 mile after a year of run-specific training while still bodybuilding to the degree Nick did, and that’s just the run. And that’s not even before working on swimming and running.
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Don’t worry, most people who know a thing or two about a thing or two know the guy “probably†is enhanced. That said, I think it’s really cool he did what he did as it gives another (likely skewed but still solid) data point for big guys/lifters getting into triathlon. I just crossed over from powerlifting/bodybuilding this year and would love to have more information and resources out there for people coming from that direction. I treated my entire first year of tri as a science experiment and got some really good insights that simply don’t exist online because nobody is really making this kind of shift. I hope we get more data points like him in the future.
Same here man. I came from a gym rat background. Treated the first 6 months as a big experiment. Signed up for IMTX 18 and started working with a coach. I got fused at a lot because i’d still lift 4-5 days a week. The hardest part for me is piecing together the nutrition. Not the race day nutrition but the day to day nutrition.
The day to day nutrition is definitely one of the hardest parts. I find that’s something that ends up being very personal. As long as you’re getting in enough calories there’s almost infinite ways to do it. Once you find a rhythm it’s not too bad though.
I started following Nick Bare when Triathlon Taren mentioned him in a video. I gotta say, I was hugely skeptical of this guy’s chances of completing an Ironman but after watching his training series on his YouTube channel and seeing this results, I’m blown away.
He could barely swim in June, bought an entry level tri-bike and didn’t even know how to change a tire, but followed his training plan religiously and showed up ready. Anyone else impressed by this? Reminds me what really matters, consistency and fortitude.
Given, the conditions at IMFL were pretty favorable, still a huge accomplishment to go under 12 hours in your first triathlon.
Great athlete! Hopefully he doesn’t get tested though. Some grade-a anabolics pumping through those veins.
The day to day nutrition is definitely one of the hardest parts. I find that’s something that ends up being very personal. As long as you’re getting in enough calories there’s almost infinite ways to do it. Once you find a rhythm it’s not too bad though.
see that’s the hard part. what is enough calories. my maintenance calories are around 2800. on any given day, between strength work and endurance work I may run 2k cal in exercise. eating 4800 cal of real, quality food and not being to full to train is impossible. you’re gonna be in a big deficit. how much is enough to recover properly and still fuel the next days work. I can say the I’ve found running my macros at 50/20/30 or 40/20/40 seems beneficail
I I gotta say, I was hugely skeptical of this guy’s chances of completing an Ironman…
Finishing an Ironman is incredibly easy.
On the other hand, racing an Ironman is very very hard.
Shows once more that training trumps equipment every time…
This doesn’t go to show that. This goes to show that finishing an Ironman is very easy.
Training doesn’t trump equipment and equipment doesn’t trump training. They are not mutually exclusive, you can do both at the same time.
Never heard of him before today, and no idea what natural does or does not look like. All I know is in every picture it looks like a regular dude’s head photoshopped into a He-Man toy 😂
this is a version of “the uncanny valley” IMO and there’s probably a very good lizard brain reason for it.
Actually, it’s a big surprise. IM is no joke…
It’s not a surprise… he’s a grown ass healthy athletic man. He merely finished an Ironman, something Sister Madonna Bulder and some 80yo men do with regularity.