Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
I definitely notice this. I have to put in a lot of miles to make much of a difference. 300 TSS/week doesn't do anything other than improve my performance. At 700, I lose weight if I want to.
Above 700 TSS, I lose weight. Above 1000, I get up in the middle of the night to eat some more.
Originally Posted by
RChung
Nancy Howell, an anthropologist who wrote the definitive study on the nutritional strategies and energy expenditures of the Dobe !Kung of the Kalahari Desert, noted that teen males had high energy expenditures when hunting and compensated by lazing about when not hunting. The !Kung called teen males "owners of the shade."
It seems that the "rest to see gains" concept is an old one.