Dieting and racing

[Dusty Bin]

20kg is an issue regardless of the course!

I must have read that wrong before. 20kg/3st is a fair bit, I suppose. Andy_G - what is your height/weight?

 

[VamP]

20kg is an issue regardless of the course!

I wouldn't think of it as an issue, I'd think of it as an opportunity. It's a lot easier to ditch 20 kg than add 50 watts to your FTP, and the impact will be similarly spectacular. If the OP can hang on the back of a 4 cat race carrying 20 kg, he will be a rocket ship once he shifts it.

@OP I recommend the excellent Matt Fitzgerald book on weightloss. Racing Weight or similar title.

 

[Rob3rt]

I wouldn't think of it as an issue, I'd think of it as an opportunity. It's a lot easier to ditch 20 kg than add 50 watts to your FTP, and the impact will be similarly spectacular. If the OP can hang on the back of a 4 cat race carrying 20 kg, he will be a rocket ship once he shifts it.

@OP I recommend the excellent Matt Fitzgerald book on weightloss. Racing Weight or similar title.

Agree with that, of all the training books on running and cycling over the years, Matt Fitzgerald is IMO one of the better authors (I sold on most of my books, keeping only the ones he authored and a handful of others) and Racing Weight is indeed a good read!

 

[Andy_G]

@zizou Just training rides and Turbo work atm, but im stepping it up next week now works back to normal.

@Dusty Bin I'm 16stone

 

[Dusty Bin]

@Dusty Bin I'm 16stone

Weight on it's own doesn't mean much. You could be 7ft tall, in which case, that's a reasonable racing weight.

 

[Andy_G]

Weight on it's own doesn't mean much. You could be 7ft tall, in which case, that's a reasonable racing weight.

Im 5'10"

 

[Dusty Bin]

ok, that's probably a bit heavy. As mentioned, it would be well worth putting some focus into losing some of that. I'm no lightweight, but I'm 5st less than that and a similar height..

Might be worth cutting out an entire food group for a while, like bread, or similar. Normal calorie deficiency stuff will be a long time coming if you want to get down to a reasonable racing weight..

 

[Andy_G]

Tbh i dont eat a lot of bread, now even more so, the only bread kinda thing i have is a wrap at lunch.
Ive dump 3kgs since monday, basically not going over 1900cals(not inc excercise) so fingers crossed, and i drink 2-3ltrs of water.

 

[Andy_G]

Well i lost 4kgs this week and i had 4 hrs kip and i had the best race so far, so heres to dieting.

 

[Mr Haematocrit]

I missed it today, weather looked nasty so I went down the bike shop and grabbed one of my bikes. Glad it went well for you today Andy

 

[Andy_G]

I missed it today, weather looked nasty so I went down the bike shop and grabbed one of my bikes. Glad it went well for you today Andy

It was a bit pants weatherwise but still good fun.