Originally Posted by
Hocam
Yeah genetics come into play when you're limited to training time, but he isn't.
It'll be far too easy for him to overtrain.
Get a good coach, you can make it to Cat 2. Personally I don't have trouble dropping weight while I'm on the bike and I think you'll find the same, especially since you'll probably be training 15-20 hours/week by the end of the year.