Has anyone here ever tried deliberately gaining weight in the off-season while training by eating calories in excess like bodybuilders, and getting your body used to running and carrying more weight/generating more power. And then cutting weight during race season to carry that same power over to a lighter bodyweight?
oh wait, I looked him up. He's some Youtuber? I would take his advice with a grain of salt, he's there to get views and earn income that way. sometimes those people are purposefully controversial.
I've done that for almost every season and it has worked really well, though I'd say that what I did wasn't really a bulk but more going from end of season around 130 lbs to bulking to 136 lbs beginning season, steadily dropping to 134 mid season, and peaking at 130 lbs for the final race (dropped from 134-130 in around 2 weeks). It is possible to overdo it and be careful gaining or losing weight too fast, or too much.
Nick Symmonds talks about doing this, but only in an 8 lb range. He finds training at final comp weight difficult to maintain and likes feeling lighter those last few weeks.
This seems reasonable. BB tend to overdo it even for their sport.
Yes this is real and works if done correctly. Hardest part is not overdoing it. Cut the weight too fast and you can’t train or recover well. Also you are more injury prone being heavy and in a calorie negative. Try at your own risk.
I think it would make you more injury prone. pure speculation.
just try to maintain your same weight in the off season.
Seems to be working fine for Nick Bare though
Nick Bare is doped to the gills so it’s not the same,
But I’m usually 10 lbs heavier during the off-season, I enjoy lifting and food a lot so it’s more natural than deliberate, you get faster by losing unnecessary weight obviously but you can only get so fast with that unnecessary weight on. Some calculations put 1 lb of fat as worth 2-3 seconds per mile across the board, so if you are 10 lbs overweight you’ll be training far less efficiently than if you were at race weight or negligibley close to it.