What are other people's experiences with loses weight and then seeing your running improve? The missing link in my training has been nutrition and diet and now that I'm making it a priority my training has been so much better its unreal.
What are other people's experiences with loses weight and then seeing your running improve? The missing link in my training has been nutrition and diet and now that I'm making it a priority my training has been so much better its unreal.
could you provide some height/weight stats & your previous PR's vs. improved times?
I agree, give us some more information.
I'm 5'11" and I weighed 140 mid-summer. I then gained 10 lbs (weighing 150 now) and shattered all my old times. I did it mostly by lifting however.
smay wrote:
What are other people's experiences with [losing] weight and then seeing your running improve?
Under pressure of the draft (and a 1A classification), I was motivated to drop 10% of my bodyweight in a couple of months, going from 160 to 144 (at a height of about 6-3). For most runners this would be underweight, but I never carried any muscle so most of what I lost was fat. When I got my student deferment back, I stabilized at 148.
It's probably not fair to give all the credit to having lost weight--there were other variables involved--but I did drop about 20 seconds in the mile within the year, and I can say that subjectively the difference was striking. Running just was easier, both on the flat and on hills, which the topography of my hometown presented plenty of opportunities to appreciate.
I'm glad you've found something that seems to be working for you. Enjoy!
You should lose 8 lbs. more and take over the world.
smay wrote:
What are other people's experiences with loses weight and then seeing your running improve? The missing link in my training has been nutrition and diet and now that I'm making it a priority my training has been so much better its unreal.
For sure you can dip into unhealthy weight loss, but if you were really 8 pounds overweight, then it's good you lost it.
I once lost 48 pounds and went from 181 to 133. My times improved greatly as you might imagine -- of course at 181 I hadn't been running much, and in order to get to 133 I ran more and ate better, so the faster times weren't JUST a result of the weight loss.
8 pounds can make a HUGE difference. There are bowling balls that weigh 8 pounds. Strap one of those to your waist and go for a run and see how much of a hindrance it is.
Anyway, good job on the weight loss.
I haven't actually raced at this weight yet, but I will in 3 wk. I started out at 172 and I'm down to 164. I'm using a 500 calorie per day deficit (estimate) and its working. Running just seems a lot more effortless which is awesome because I had hit a wall before this in my training.
I'm 6 foot and when I ran in college 4 years ago, I weighed around 150. Now I'm 190 and even though I run enough and consider myself fit, i can't come close to where I used to run a few years back (and that wasn't fast...). I struggle to run an 18 min 5k now (struggle is an understatement).
I gained 15 pounds and I'm slower.
It's called gravity! The more mass the greater the force of gravitational pull. The less mass...well you get the idea. NASA, NASCAR, and speed athletes all have 1 thing in common: creation of an engine that produces mass specific force in a light frame. Mass (added weight) doesn't work well with speed.
kato wrote:
creation of an engine that produces mass specific force in a light frame. Mass (added weight) doesn't work well with speed.
Couldn't have said it better myself-being light yet explosive and using your energy most effeciently is the name of the game...there was a good sprint article on Allyson Felix about how she improved her deadlift by a LOT but only gained 2 pounds of mass total. She dropped her 200m time by almost a second.