View Poll Results: How many pounds overweight are you?
0 (I'm a perfect cycling machine!)
91
19.49%
1-5 lbs
59
12.63%
6-10 lbs
97
20.77%
11-15 lbs
77
16.49%
16-25 lbs
64
13.70%
more than 25 lbs
79
16.92%
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How many pounds overweight are you?
04-26-07, 09:13 AM
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How many pounds overweight are you?
How many pounds overweight are you?
How many do you need to drop to get to your desired cycling weight?
How many do you need to drop to get to your desired cycling weight?
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04-26-07, 09:17 AM
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I'd say around 5-8. I'd like to dip under 140 in peak form.
04-26-07, 09:20 AM
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According to whom?
On that note, celticfrost thinks that celticfrost is 12 lbs. too fat.
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04-26-07, 09:21 AM
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Not overweight at all, but would like to drop 10-15 lbs to get to my desired cycling weight.
04-26-07, 09:24 AM
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Depends on the reference point.
If you're talking about the 2lbs/inch "rule", I'm spot on.
If you're talking about the average build of a "solid" rider, I need to bulk up.
Sad thing is, I find myself getting passed quite often from other riders who are obviously well above 2lbs/inch.
If you're talking about the 2lbs/inch "rule", I'm spot on.
If you're talking about the average build of a "solid" rider, I need to bulk up.
Sad thing is, I find myself getting passed quite often from other riders who are obviously well above 2lbs/inch.
04-26-07, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by michaelyons
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I'm 6'2" and 153 lbs. I'm a skinny bastard.
I'm 6'2" and 153 lbs. I'm a skinny bastard.
04-26-07, 09:27 AM
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at 2lbs/inch I'd be a very waify 148-150. I have no desire to look like Schleck, thankyouverymuch.
that being said, I still have Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and Easter weight to lose. Ugh. Up about 15lbs more than I want to be....
that being said, I still have Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's and Easter weight to lose. Ugh. Up about 15lbs more than I want to be....
04-26-07, 09:31 AM
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I'm "overweight" by about 20-30 lbs. I am 195. My ideal cycling weight for me would be in that range of 165-175. Mid-season I am usually low 180s. Achieveable if I could just say no to the holidays one year.
04-26-07, 09:32 AM
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Haven't weighed in a while, but the form's coming on alright and it's another month before I'm in the mountains racing, so I'm only marginally worried about it.
04-26-07, 09:42 AM
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174 lbs 6'1" - need to get down to 160 lbs. that where I feel at my best. I mean I don't look fat but I certainly could loose ten pounds at least.
04-26-07, 09:43 AM
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When I ran half marathons and marathons I weighed 147 at 5'11
When I put in the hours in the office and all the exercise I got was walking to the elevator from the parking lot, I weighed 220lbs!!
I got a heaniated disk as a reward for my inactivity. I now weigh 178 lbs. Would be happy with 168.
22 miles this morning!
When I put in the hours in the office and all the exercise I got was walking to the elevator from the parking lot, I weighed 220lbs!!
I got a heaniated disk as a reward for my inactivity. I now weigh 178 lbs. Would be happy with 168.
22 miles this morning!
04-26-07, 10:17 AM
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6'3", 210ish.
195 would be good, 190 would be better, 185 would be fine with me as well
The plan for the summer is to go sub Clyde for the first time in a few years. The lightest I've ever been at this height was about 165-170, and I wasn't looking or feeling healthy. I wouldn't want to go all the way back down to that point.
195 would be good, 190 would be better, 185 would be fine with me as well
The plan for the summer is to go sub Clyde for the first time in a few years. The lightest I've ever been at this height was about 165-170, and I wasn't looking or feeling healthy. I wouldn't want to go all the way back down to that point.