How important is weight

mikesbytes

113kg/250lbs, were you a weight lifter/power lifter/body builder ?

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207cm's

207 cm = 6' 9"

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mikesbytes

If I compare your height with mine, you should be 11kg/24lbs heaver than me for the same weight to hight ratio, which would make you 91kg/200lbs. So why were you 113kg/250lbs @ 12% BF ? You must be more muscular for some reason.

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207cm's

I turned into a closet body builder lifting during the winters. I could only squat 315 lbs. but get my long body out of the lift and I could leg press up to 1200 lbs. I was far from a tall ectomorphic type. I didn't look "big" because I was so tall but at one time my thighs measured 24"+ around.

Now I'm old, fat and out of shape......

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mikesbytes

Bummer, time to do calorie defect. It sucks but it works.

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SLG

I dont no if it's true but i have heard that losing 1kg reduces your climbing time by 1.25%, which would mean that you are now 10% slower (if you have gained 8kg), again I dont no if it's true

mikesbytes

That makes sense, so I must of increased my power output by 10%.

Sitting steady at 80kg at the moment.

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NomadVW

7.7 km hill climb

Jan 30th: Weight 79kg: Avg Power 347, Pnorm 362 ---- 28 min 21 sec
May 9th: Weight 76.8kg: Avg Power 351, Pnorm 368 ---- 27 min 7 sec


Weight matters

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mikesbytes

So if I can shed some weight while retaining my new strength, then I'll fly up the hills.

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Bigbananabike

I find that even loosing a few pounds helps. Possibly its partly physchological but its nice not having shorts etc not so tight as I'm slowly grinding up a hill.

I'm a pretty slim build anyway but I've really been concenrating on loosing weight after being away lately and have gone from 73.5kgs to 70.5 in 18 days.
I certainly seems to be making a difference getting up hills & I need all the help I can get as I'm training on my singlespeed in a reasonably hilly area .
Now there are more hills that I can get up without getting off the seat(partly that is my muscles getting used to the bike gearing etc) whereas 2 or 3 weeks ago I was off the seat more.

mikesbytes

3kg in 18 days !!!!! what did you eat - lettuce leaves?

I lived in Auckland in the 70's, which roads do you ride?

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HI.
Loosing weight is becoming easier for my wife and I as we already don't eat meat(we do eat fish - we're Fishatarians!). I've not had red or white meat for 11 years and my wife - about 4 years(since just before we were married). We're bringing our boys(aged 18 months and 3 years) up this way too(of all the little kids we know they're the healthiest).

We've been reading re cutting out all animal products from our diets for health(mainly reasons) and so we've bascally cut out all dairy too and a few little treats we would have(I had a filling break off and have sworn off lollies etc).
I don't eat bread, butter, baked goods etc.

My average daily diet is pretty boring but it works for me; I'm loosing weight, have plenty of energy and its healthy.
I need to maintain this as even though I ride a lot my metabolism is at crawling speed!!

My goal is to get down to the 68kgs I was when I was in my early 20s and fast up a hill on a bike...possibly I'm dreaming

Breakfast; either vegetable and fish mix with rice or cereal/bran with fresh fruit(kiwifruit or banana).

Morning break; muesli bar

Lunch; vegetable and fish mix with rice

Bike ride; usually two muesli bars and two sports drinks

Dinner; vegetable and fish mix with rice

Auckland must've been a cool place in the 70s - a cheaper place to live, easier to get around(traffic is terrible now - not good public transport with a few bike lanes), harbour and beaches etc .

I live out West(race out here with a club ocassionally but race most weekends with a club in South Auckland) so ride Waitakere ranges, Kumeu, Taupaki, a lot with ocassional rides in to Pt England and Tamaki Drive(Mission Bay etc) and some Saturdays ride with a group on the North Shore.

Happy climbing, Paul ;-)

xxamr_corpxx

I was 50kg a year or two ago. But now I'm closing in on 70kg Performance on the hills doesn't seem to have changed much since it was my fitness that was limiting me, and I didn't have clipless back then.

It doesn't help that rugby and cycling require totally different body shapes. And ironically I cycle far more than I play rugby even though the majority of my winter workout is orientated for rugby. Heck, I've only played rugby twice in four months.

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HUMP DIESEL

I would get with a nutritionist during the winter and tell them that you want to loose as much weight as you can without digging into your power.

I did this last winter and I dropped from 157 to 145, and I can tell you that it has made a tremendous difference.

I have stopped trying to loose during the season since I do not want to cut into my power now, I still watch what I eat, but I make sure to fuel also.

During the winter I will get with my nutritionist again and see what more weight I can drop, since next season will be my first season racing Pro-1-2.

HUMP