What's your super power?

[mrshandy]

Someone posted this on my running club and thought it was a fun question. Basically what can you do fitness/running wise that a lot of people can't?

Doesn't have to be performance stuff. Just stuff like can run with a severe hangover or stick to a schedule.

[emilyinchile]

Haha, I love this because in CF I am good at very random things - of course not things that actually matter, but "stupid human tricks"-type stuff.

I can do thigh taps, which means I can hold a handstand with my back against a wall and lift up one hand at a time to touch my thighs.
(This is, apparently, pretty hard. Like, my badass coach says he can't do it. I think it's easy, but of course I can't hold a handstand without the wall or walk on my hands or do anything that would actually be useful in a WOD.)

[pixy0stix]

I can convince people to do spectacularly bad (i.e. weird/hard) workouts. The thing is, they know that when I bring something to the table it's not going to be good, yet they still all go along with it. "Well it's [pixy], she's just so enthusiastic about it that you want to do it." LOL!

[sadlebred]

I can trackstand.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0VnQJF_WKQ

[wambam]

I can follow a schedule like nobody's business. If it's written down, you better believe I'm doing it.

[moreace01]

I used to be able to eat anything and go for a run. Case in point - my half marathon PR from a year ago was after eating a peanut butter and chocolate sandwich and a few slices of meat lovers pizza. Not a skill to be proud of necessarily, but it was a fact. Alas, I can no longer do this.

Now..let's see. I probably can sweat more than any of you. I am VERY efficient at cooling.

[itsme]

I can do a bar muscle up and a strict ring muscle up. It's not always pretty but I can get up there.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I can swim a long ways if it doesn't have to be fast.

And I know I can tolerate a lot colder water than most people. I'm like whatever you'd get if you crossed Mr. Freeze and Aquaman... If that result were a woman, lol.

[juliabug]

Being a southern transplant in the Pacific northwest, I don't suffer in the heat as much as other athletes here.

[SallyJ]

I can do really hard ballet for over 3 hours in a single session. I suppose that's not really typical of a 'dancing for fun' person.

I can also memorize fast. Workouts/routines, choreography, what I did last time, how much I lifted and how many sets. If it's in written form, it takes a single glance and I can do it from memory and recall my progress. This makes it easy to go to the gym without a bunch of crap and also helps me focus on the important stuff at ballet rather than remembering the combination I'm supposed to be doing.

[fuckyourcouch]

Just reading the title, my answer was "worry endlessly about dumb shit"

Altitude doesn't bother me?

I guess more normal, I'm really good at the rowing machine. Like, better than my muscled out OTF coaches without even getting my HR up. It's easy to me.

[wawa]

I'm not afraid of the dark. (i.e. running in it. Even when maybe I ought to be) Or open water. I didn't realize that so many people were uncomfortable with lakes/ocean/river swimming until I started reading tri forums and blogs aND stuff.

[laurack]

OH man these days I'm pretty mediocre in all the things! I used to be able to deadlift twice my body weight but that was years ago.

I can sit in a full deep squat for a while... just chill there. I remember I practiced that a lot when preparing for childbirth and I can still do it now. Can't hold my pee like I used to though lol

[taratru]

Ummm....I seem to have no lower threshold for temperatures?

[cinco]

If I'm doing a 10 mile run and get to my house at 9.96, I can stop my Garmin with out an urge to hit the 10.0.

[itsme]

Sept 12, 2017 18:07:49 GMT -5 cinco said:

If I'm doing a 10 mile run and get to my house at 9.96, I can stop my Garmin with out an urge to hit the 10.0.

That is some serious super will power.

[mrshandy]

I never hit the snooze button on a workout. Unless I'm sick, then once my alarm goes off, I will do my run or whatever workout is on the schedule.

I haven't run on the treadmill in like 8 months. I can rearrange/adapt/schedule many runs just to avoid the treadmill.

[ebeth]

Sept 12, 2017 18:07:49 GMT -5 cinco said:

If I'm doing a 10 mile run and get to my house at 9.96, I can stop my Garmin with out an urge to hit the 10.0.

This. My 20 miler was actually 19.7x. My last run was 4.8. I stop running when I get home.

Also, 4 marathons, 13 halfs, and who knows how many 10M and I've only stopped to pee during a race once. NYCM 2010.

[fuckyourcouch]

Sept 12, 2017 18:07:49 GMT -5 cinco said:

If I'm doing a 10 mile run and get to my house at 9.96, I can stop my Garmin with out an urge to hit the 10.0.

This is most impressive to me 😂

[wambam]

Sept 12, 2017 18:07:49 GMT -5 cinco said:

If I'm doing a 10 mile run and get to my house at 9.96, I can stop my Garmin with out an urge to hit the 10.0.

Winner

And also: ARE YOU EVEN HUMAN?!

[al320]

Sept 12, 2017 18:07:49 GMT -5 cinco said:

If I'm doing a 10 mile run and get to my house at 9.96, I can stop my Garmin with out an urge to hit the 10.0.

I cant even comprehend this. Im ok ending on .01, but nothing less than .00

Seriously, you win life lol

I feel like i have none at the moment, as im injured, lazy and pretty much just eat all the time. fuckyourcouch stole what i was going to say about rowing at otf lol

[hannahb]

Warning TMI:
I've gotten pretty good at peeing and pooping in the woods this summer.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Ooooooh, I have another one (remembered courtesy of hannahb) I have finally mastered peeing WHILE swimming. Before, I'd have to hold it for a feed break, but I've finally been able to relax enough to go while I'm moving!

ETA: and another thing! I don't get hangovers. I've *never* had a hangover, and I can recall (vaguely) at least a couple times where I think I earned one. I metabolize alcohol super fast or something.

[wawa]

Sept 12, 2017 22:33:13 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Ooooooh, I have another one (remembered courtesy of hannahb ) I have finally mastered peeing WHILE swimming. Before, I'd have to hold it for a feed break, but I've finally been able to relax enough to go while I'm moving!

ETA: and another thing! I don't get hangovers. I've *never* had a hangover, and I can recall (vaguely) at least a couple times where I think I earned one. I metabolize alcohol super fast or something.

Man, I need to learn how to do this....any tips?  I have lots of time in open water to practice.

[fuckyourcouch]

Sept 12, 2017 22:33:13 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Ooooooh, I have another one (remembered courtesy of hannahb) I have finally mastered peeing WHILE swimming. Before, I'd have to hold it for a feed break, but I've finally been able to relax enough to go while I'm moving!

ETA: and another thing! I don't get hangovers. I've *never* had a hangover, and I can recall (vaguely) at least a couple times where I think I earned one. I metabolize alcohol super fast or something.

I've also never had a hangover. And I used to drink A LOT. lol.
It takes a lot to get me drunk and it never bothers me.

[taratru]

You non-hangover people need to enjoy it. Young pups. I used to be able to do that too. #getoffmylawn #backinmyday

[fuckyourcouch]

Sept 13, 2017 9:31:50 GMT -5 taratru said:

You non-hangover people need to enjoy it. Young pups. I used to be able to do that too. #getoffmylawn #backinmyday

It's supposedly mostly genetic.

[irene adler]

I know where every bubbler/water fountain is within a 5 mile radius of my house.

Same goes for toilets

[Deleted]

I'm dying laughing at all of these. Cinco you win for sure. I would implode if I tried that.

I'm also a non-pee runner. Only once in 107 halfs and 2 marathons have I ever needed to go. But (and it might be related)...
1. About 85% of my halfs I have run the morning after a bottle of champagne. As in, a bottle to myself.
2. I rarely stop to drink. Last 21 mile run I didn't. It has to be warm/sunny for me to want a drink mid-run, and I live in Northwest England, so that's not often.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Sept 13, 2017 9:16:38 GMT -5 wawa said:

Sept 12, 2017 22:33:13 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Ooooooh, I have another one (remembered courtesy of hannahb ) I have finally mastered peeing WHILE swimming. Before, I'd have to hold it for a feed break, but I've finally been able to relax enough to go while I'm moving!

ETA: and another thing! I don't get hangovers. I've *never* had a hangover, and I can recall (vaguely) at least a couple times where I think I earned one. I metabolize alcohol super fast or something.

Man, I need to learn how to do this....any tips?  I have lots of time in open water to practice.

Do you need to kick to stay afloat? I find that if I stop moving my legs and relax my lower half (lol, really, all the way to the toes) then I can go. If I have to kick or for whatever reason can't relax my legs, I can't do it, even if it's desperate.