'Or it'll be really hard to add muscle even if I'm eating a ton of calories. But even with that three times a week, for me, my body just will get rid of muscle,' he told Men's Health. 'It's kind of hard, honestly, cause I like going out for little 30 minute easy runs. Striking that balance between strength training and cardio has been a learning experience for Hall. First time doing 3 sets of 1 at 3 hundee plus seven more sets of heavy negatives at 315 followed by reps at 225.' Finally starting to get some strength back post-op. 'First an hour run with in beautiful Crested Butte,' he wrote in the caption. In a recent video on his Instagram, Hall shared what an average day looks like for him, and described his self-designed program as a 'hybrid athlete' workout. This is reflected in the way he now approaches training.

He has packed on an impressive amount of muscle-and strength-without compromising on his famous speed, and now undertakes physical challenges which require both strength and stamina. Ryan Hall might be best known as the Olympic long distance runner who broke records for his time in the marathon and half marathon (and holds onto that half marathon record to this day), but he has undergone a dramatic body transformation since retiring as a pro athlete.

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