Fatty Check-In: Track your weight!
02-21-13, 12:34 PM
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First of all, you should not compare yourself to others using any metric other than for amusement. I have had tremendous success in cycling, but if I spent my time comparing myself to RacerEx, I would become a manic depressive.
Second, body types are a huge part of the body fat equation. I happen to be built long and lean, but I am no Michael Rasmussen. I need a certain amount of body fat on me or I lose power. I get weak at the end of a hard day. That point is at around 138 pounds for me. I raced Nats at the front all day at 145 and had everything left at the end.
Finally, body type/body fat/power-weight are small predictors of success, no matter what Strava wants you to believe. On paper, I should be a great climber, but I'm barely good. I think it comes down to being afraid to blow up, as I have in the past. I can pace myself well for a 20 minute climb but the leaders will pace themselves just a little bit faster. A guy my size should not have the sprint that I do. It's about muscle makeup and what I train for.
Second, body types are a huge part of the body fat equation. I happen to be built long and lean, but I am no Michael Rasmussen. I need a certain amount of body fat on me or I lose power. I get weak at the end of a hard day. That point is at around 138 pounds for me. I raced Nats at the front all day at 145 and had everything left at the end.
Finally, body type/body fat/power-weight are small predictors of success, no matter what Strava wants you to believe. On paper, I should be a great climber, but I'm barely good. I think it comes down to being afraid to blow up, as I have in the past. I can pace myself well for a 20 minute climb but the leaders will pace themselves just a little bit faster. A guy my size should not have the sprint that I do. It's about muscle makeup and what I train for.
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02-21-13, 12:38 PM
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I know I am close to ideal weight when I am dizzy at the end of a workout/race but that goes away after I drink my protein shake and have something to eat.
02-21-13, 12:40 PM
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Hermes, I think that's too light for me. In high school and college I weighed 112 - 118. I was proportioned differently then, too. When I completed the big weight loss that I did a few years ago I bottomed at 122, and I felt not good and I looked (according to friends) even worse! I look healthy and feel good at 128 - 136 or so. /\ see above. Go figure.
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02-21-13, 01:12 PM
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Here ya go. This looks about right to me.
https://www.wenzelcoaching.com/blog/c...-weight-chart/
I'm trying to get back down into the climber range, I am normally in there mid-season but put on a couple-three pounds in February. For some reason, February is a tough month for me.
https://www.wenzelcoaching.com/blog/c...-weight-chart/
I'm trying to get back down into the climber range, I am normally in there mid-season but put on a couple-three pounds in February. For some reason, February is a tough month for me.
02-21-13, 01:27 PM
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Here ya go. This looks about right to me.
https://www.wenzelcoaching.com/blog/c...-weight-chart/
I'm trying to get back down into the climber range, I am normally in there mid-season but put on a couple-three pounds in February. For some reason, February is a tough month for me.
https://www.wenzelcoaching.com/blog/c...-weight-chart/
I'm trying to get back down into the climber range, I am normally in there mid-season but put on a couple-three pounds in February. For some reason, February is a tough month for me.
For endurance sports, the skinner the better. It sucks and may not be healthy or attractive but it is true.
02-21-13, 01:48 PM
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Just what we need, another ewang chart. 
I'm well within the climber range, but who cares. It's just a stupid chart. Doesn't mean I can climb.
I'm well within the climber range, but who cares. It's just a stupid chart. Doesn't mean I can climb.
02-21-13, 02:06 PM
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02-21-13, 02:06 PM
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Here ya go. This looks about right to me.
https://www.wenzelcoaching.com/blog/c...-weight-chart/
I'm trying to get back down into the climber range, I am normally in there mid-season but put on a couple-three pounds in February. For some reason, February is a tough month for me.
https://www.wenzelcoaching.com/blog/c...-weight-chart/
I'm trying to get back down into the climber range, I am normally in there mid-season but put on a couple-three pounds in February. For some reason, February is a tough month for me.
February is a tough month for me, too. It must be that northern latitude gene pool.
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02-21-13, 02:16 PM
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I saw one of my 70+ year old teammates the other day and he was super skinny. I have known him for 6 years and this is the skinniest I have seen him. He looked haggard, frail and may get sick at any moment. He crushed San Bruno Hill climb with a PR and crushed the Canada TT with a PR which was better than he had a several years ago. He had better power to weight and power to Cda.
02-21-13, 02:29 PM
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Weight this week: Depressing 
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02-21-13, 02:40 PM
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I'm with you Cleave... totally stalled out since Jan 1... way to stressful of a week at work == bad news.
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02-26-13, 12:02 PM
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One of my lightest ever weigh-ins this morning at 186.4, but I'm not recommending my method of appetite suppression. So I stopped (well actually drove way out of my way to a great place) for sausage and eggs on the way to work. TallWife has been visiting her mom in NOLA, and I pick her up this afternoon... need to pack on a couple of pounds before she sees me.
02-26-13, 12:12 PM
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Had you gone with her, you would've been more concerned with how to lose all those extra pounds you gained.
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So , i just need to grow 6 inches, and I am a climber.....
02-26-13, 02:57 PM
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One of my lightest ever weigh-ins this morning at 186.4, but I'm not recommending my method of appetite suppression. So I stopped (well actually drove way out of my way to a great place) for sausage and eggs on the way to work. TallWife has been visiting her mom in NOLA, and I pick her up this afternoon... need to pack on a couple of pounds before she sees me.
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Hi, I'm tired and fat.
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02-27-13, 05:17 PM
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Justifiable suicide and bad vacation places in Germany during the '30's and '40's....
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