Hey im all in for trying to find your own preferred path through theories. And also a balanced training is always better IMHO.
As for upper body muscles and running though, i am absolutely sure they are just deaed weight.
Just look at the 5K olympics finish , those guys look like they couldn't lift a bar to save their lives:
![](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/images/joshua-cheptegei-of-team-uganda-reacts-as-he-wins-the-gold-news-photo-1628253466.jpg)
Even the 800m guys , which is more of a long sprint than a short distance race, they are still underdeveloped:
![](https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/C-3596473/38a495713593b272d377be932c27563f7133d236-16x9-x0y369w5351h3010.jpg)
And now that i proved upper body is worthless for running, let's see what i did yesterday for my running training
![trollface :trollface:](http://www.adarq.org/Smileys/blah/trollface.gif)
:
13 December
SS1a : PUSHUPS : 20 @ BW
( 5 reps for 2 sets )SS1b : BENT ROWS : 20 @ 25kg
( 5 reps for 2 sets )SS1 info : 12 rounds
480 total reps, that must be a
![:personal-record:](http://www.adarq.org/Smileys/blah/PR-kWdHV.gif)
or something. Wasn't easy, chest and back could take it but arms were very close to failure at the last sets.