Fran Kilinski

NYC-based fitness coach and wannabe sub-elite endurance athlete. Building an app that will help you not be discouraged by your wearable feedback.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

297 calories is honestly the most ridiculous part of this.

[Danny @UltraRunner26]

Hey, honey! I’m gonna head out for my run. I’ll be back soon! 🤯

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Not sure who needs to hear this (and not to get too @bryan_johnson on you guys)

but yall should be checking your poops every now and again

gross but necessary

best way to self-assess guy microbiome and digestion

(just look at them afterwards don’t touch em lmao)

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Whether it’s an actual shift in the market or just more opportunities in today’s age to empower ourselves, who knows.

But it’s really awesome to see and be around.

Infectious energy.

The type of stuff that gives you some hope for the future.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Most millennials don’t realize it but we are in an era where a fairly large share of us are starting to realize the corporate life isn’t it.

We’re seeing our actual value and stepping away from the “security” of a 9-5 and taking risks.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Many people I know are quitting their jobs to build something of their own.

Maybe it’s recency bias or the circle I’ve found myself in, but it feels like I’m seeing it more and more.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

First double Hyrox weekend since may. mileage and paces have been clicking, strength is on point, and feeling good about my lactate clearance these last few weeks during my hard sessions.

God willing, this is my year.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

@UltraRunner26 well, at least that makes one of us!

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Is it just me or did literally everyone who ran this morning do mile repeats?

My run club did it. like 10 of my followers did it. Couple of big accounts I saw did some

is the running mercury in retrograde or something

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

@Dragotto no for real, I saw your post after seeing like 3 others and was like “who shared the group workout with the entire runningverse” lol

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

@pnwprincess23 these pics are professional level!!!

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

it was EXACTLY 3x1 1600s too no joke

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Bad take. I run daily across an array of zones and look like this. Sorry bud

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Dough Doughnuts occupy significant real estate in my mind but not enough in NYC, IMO

[rachel @rachcorrine]

I also need NYC donut recs. We’re facing a real donut crisis in NYC and no one is talking about it.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

@rachcorrine Dough Doughnuts occupy significant real estate in my mind but not enough in NYC, IMO

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Let’s go Coco!!

[Dr. Brian Hoeflinger, MD @drhoeflinger]

I’m a retired brain surgeon and I wanna tell you why you feel like life is passing by. I just need one minute to explain this to you so hang in there.

Repetitive daily routines stop the brain from recording clear detailed memories. When every day looks the same, your brain does not track time the same as a clock does. It tracks change. If nothing new happens then days, months, and years start to blur together.

This is know as Time compression. When life lacks variety, your brain compresses past days together, making it feel like time is sped up.

To stop feeling like life is passing you by, add new experiences to your life. Break routine habits, like changing your daily home routine, taking a different route to work, or trying a new hobby.

Schedule small trips or plan new adventures so your days do not blend together.

Practice mindfulness by staying fully focused on what you are doing right now and not trying to race off to the next task.

Keep a journal and write down happy memories or memorable parts of the day before you go to sleep.

Take deep, calm breaths when you feel anxious or rushed to return your focus to the moment.

You can and you will retrain your brain to not feel like life is passing you by by following these few simple measures.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Based.

[Daniel Ketchell @ketch]

Whole family sick. Multiple wake-ups. HRV sucked. Toddler snot all over me.

Schedule called for max effort triple yesterday, got a lifetime PR. There are people here who lift a lot more than this. They also train on imperfect days.

We train to be strong on the bad days.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

@tiga_style will follow along for updates here

been contemplating them and if you see a good result quickly I might pull the trigger

[Michael Tiger @tiga_style]

Ryan, I run almost every day.

I also sprint, like actual sprinting, weekly.

Also, if you like sprinting, that type of work relies primarily on carbohydrate substrate.

Might want to rethink the carnivore thing.

Welcome to the MOGGED show.

[Fran Kilinski @Fran_Kilinski_]

Bad take. I run daily across an array of zones and look like this. Sorry bud

[Ryan Lee @honorablesaint]

Daily running is horrible for you.

I always tell people this. I learned this in classes, working in sports performance, and as a college athlete myself.

This is why she looks like that. Your body is amazing and will adapt to your daily stressors. Her body MUST lose weight and muscle in her upper body especially in order to deal with 4x body weight pressure on your joints. This is why without fail all high level cross country runners are built like twigs. Nothing to do with "caloric intake vs. output." It's entirely stressor based.

If not, then you end up like David Goggins. Go read about his injuries. He got that way because he tried to maintain a muscular body while running an extreme amount. The body is not built to handle that amount of stress. It will cripple your body like it did to him.

This is also why runners wear pillow shoes to absorb some of the shock. Running is a momentum based activity.

Compare that to sprinting. Sprinting you generate power, which in turn prevents wear and tear. Which is why sprinters have large legs. Even better if you can do it uphill to mitigate injury prevention even more because your main worries are muscular injuries caused by excessive mechanical stress from output.

Running here and there is fine if you are in shape. Your body will do completely fine with it as long as you don't try to randomly run 10 miles or much more than you are used to or capable of. It's also good to gauge your fitness level. We did this with college soccer. We only did sprint work and hill work. Short sprints too. We'd only do timed 3 miles in the off season to check aerobic progress over the offseason.

If you are overweight, various forms walking, biking, rucking are all superior forms of cardio to prevent chronic injury. Running this much is extremely unhealthy. But so are all other extremes like strongman, powerlifting, long distance cycling, etc. You don't have to go to the extremes of these things and you can do all of them in a healthy manageable way.