Crossmonster Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Following my other post with regards the the Protein shake, RyanD made the following comment: If I am training hard I battle to eat enough to keep my weight on. This has helped to recover faster and maintain my weight. And I realized, I'm struggling with the exact same problem. I've dropped about 10kg's from 83kg when I started training hard, not that I had any intention of losing weight, to the point where I had to start taking shakes between meals just to maintain my weight where I'm on 73kg now. However I due feel that I've lost a bit to much up to now. How do you maintain or even gain a little weight while training really hard for an upcoming event?
Fisan Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 How tall are you...sorry I haven't read the other posts so I don't have too much back'info. I went from 80 to 69/71 kg which is my sort of my ideal weight at 1.78 m.
the nerd Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Weight Loss?I've never had that problem Ya never had that issue@!
Crossmonster Posted July 17, 2015 Author Posted July 17, 2015 How tall are you...sorry I haven't read the other posts so I don't have too much back'info. I went from 80 to 69/71 kg which is my sort of my ideal weight at 1.78 m. 1.75m
Samurai Pizza Cat Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Following my other post with regards the the Protein shake, RyanD made the following comment: And I realized, I'm struggling with the exact same problem. I've dropped about 10kg's from 83kg when I started training hard, not that I had any intention of losing weight, to the point where I had to start taking shakes between meals just to maintain my weight where I'm on 73kg now. However I due feel that I've lost a bit to much up to now. How do you maintain or even gain a little weight while training really hard for an upcoming event?Supplement your riding with some weight training. Start light and after 2/3 weeks go heavy with low reps. Lots of info on this on the fitness / bodybuilding web sites. Or you can just start drinking wine on weeknights.
Crossmonster Posted July 17, 2015 Author Posted July 17, 2015 Supplement your riding with some weight training. Start light and after 2/3 weeks go heavy with low reps. Lots of info on this on the fitness / bodybuilding web sites. Or you can just start drinking wine on weeknights. haha I don't only do riding, I'm actually quite active at the gym. Swimming, spinning, running, rowing and a few more cardio based exercises. However with the heater pump for the pool being faulty for the past two weeks I've had no choice but to start moving over to weights training, so I'm glad I'm on the right path and would keep to them going forward, thank you. As for the wine, I've found that drinking allot over a weekend severly hampers my fitness come Monday, so I'm trying to lay off the dop however hard it may be... haha
Enigma77 Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Weight training is basically the only way. I could never pick up weight as a youngster, was always very skinny(48kgs) till the age of 23. Hit the gym and never looked back. Im around 82kg now and 37, but I train and eat well. Its a balance between the two.
TheTashkentTerror Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 1.75m73kgs at 1.75m gives you a BMI (Body mass index) of 23.84 - which is on the heavier side of average. If you were 77kgs, you would be classed as overweight. Google "BMI calculator". 1, I know that doesn't answer your question, I only say this to offer some perspective. Your weight is pretty normal now. 2. BMI is far from perfect, because a muscular guy could be in great shape but have a massive BMI. For instance most rugby players would classify as "Obese" according to BMI. But it still is a well-accepted indicator for most people.
Veebee Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 I wish I had your problem... weight training will help you maintain. and just watch those protein shakes, some of them have high carb/sugar content so you will put on fat which you don't want.
Fisan Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Your problem doesn't seem like a problem to me. Some people will pay a lot of $$$ just to drop a few grams of their rigs. I know its not as simple as lighter is better. But since your profile says you like MTB / Traithlon, have a look at this top triathlete to put things in persepective. Edit: and if you look do some further stalking, you'll see for such a "lightweight" he doesn't look too much like a visgraat.
CleatsnCleavage Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 73kgs at 1.75m gives you a BMI (Body mass index) of 23.84 - which is on the heavier side of average. If you were 77kgs, you would be classed as overweight. Google "BMI calculator". 1, I know that doesn't answer your question, I only say this to offer some perspective. Your weight is pretty normal now. 2. BMI is far from perfect, because a muscular guy could be in great shape but have a massive BMI. For instance most rugby players would classify as "Obese" according to BMI. But it still is a well-accepted indicator for most people. BMI is accepted but even the dietician I went to for my Discovery tests said to me its a bunch of bull**** for men and the only time a man is usually within those limits is when he finishes high school...
Allrounder Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 The bmi was calculated on europeans in europe. They generally are lighter and of a smaller frame than people from sa.
Thor Buttox Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 BMI is accepted but even the dietician I went to for my Discovery tests said to me its a bunch of bull**** for men and the only time a man is usually within those limits is when he finishes high school...It is total nonsense if you are even vaguely athletic, but there is an 'adjusted BMI' that factors in waist ratios that is reasonable accurate.
J∆kk∆ls Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 I had weight loss issue my whole life. Eat regularly and count the calories. Carb up! For those that think weight loss is a gift think again. Nothing worse than losing power or your ride because there is nothing left to burn. I weight 81kg and stand 192cm tall! I try keep it above 80kg.
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