Weight and Performance

It depends if there are particles in the fart. Air does not weigh much so that won't factor in, but if you're sharting it's a different story. Although I appreciate you specified farting rather than sharting, there's a thin line between the two.

I saw on Quora a lot of dialog about the molecular makeup of a fart as comparted to 02 and air... Which I think is probably the right discussion but nothing about partial matter or particulates. Hadn't considered that

Think of farting like holding a bag or marbles. Really light marbles. If you drop the marbles, you weigh less. If you fart, you weigh less. Seems pretty obvious?

I’ve found that if I don’t have a good bowel movement before a race I end up with lots of gas and it negatively affects my performance. It’s not the weight, it’s just being gassy is uncomfortable and sometimes even painful!

interested in hearing from others

You guys are thinking about this the wrong way. What is flatulence composed of? Nitrogen, hydrogen, methane--all of these are LIFTING gases, that is lighter than air. So in reality they may be making you weigh less, thus a performance enhancer!!

Right, so you are saying that farting makes you heavier. Therefore if you are on the left me and the race is about to start you might want to hold it in to achieve peak performance.

xemptyzI actually agree with this

This has been discusses countless times on the boards.

also how is nitrogen a “lifting gas”? Air around you is mostly nitrogen.

Whelp after some rigorous debate it does seem like we got to the answer we all knew was true: farting is a weight loss method and a performance enhancer.

This thread is a blast.