I know it sounds like a very small amount and maybe it is, but is weighing three or four extra pounds (I have been eating good lately)slow me down over a 10k race?
I know it sounds like a very small amount and maybe it is, but is weighing three or four extra pounds (I have been eating good lately)slow me down over a 10k race?
"eating good" should be "eating well."
2 seconds per pound for every mile,roughly.
goodness wrote:
2 seconds per pound for every mile,roughly.
Wow, so if I lose 120 pounds right now, I would be able to run a sub-30 second mile.
I think 2 seconds per pound per mile is a bit high. I would agree that losing extra weight is good, but if you are eating healthy and you feel like your weight is all right, don't worry about it too much. Just eat well and run hard.
face it. you're fat. all there is to it. just give up.
Extra? How do you know it is extra?
So, in a marathon, if you are two pounds above your ideal weight, you will run 1:44 slower? Sounds like b.s. to me.
To answer the first poster's question, in my experience, weighing three extra pounds should have no noticeable impact on your performance, unless you are a 60 pound girl, in which case three pounds is 5% of your weight.
yes, tat is BS...depends on the individual
i could see 2 pounds making you over a minute slower in the marathon, absolutely.
Water weight. Drink more water.
(You retain less water weight when you drink more water)
Can't say. If you are already at your optimal weight, losing 3 lbs will only make you weaker and slower.
First off, you just admitted that your previous estimate of 2 sec per mile per pound is wrong, as 1 min in the marathon implies barely more than 1 sec per mile per pound for a person 2 pounds "overweight."
Secondly, most people have weights that fluctuate by a few pounds a day, so it is impratical to discuss the effects on performance of a three pound weight gain, when this is arguably within a channel of optimal weight.
It depends on the kind of weight. Fat will probably slow you down, even just 3 pounds. Muscle won't necessarily.
there is no research indicating that 3 pounds or even 4 pounds will do anything...its so little that it'll probably have no effect. You can gain 3 pounds from eating one meal. There are a lot of high school athelets on this forum that no nothing. Try not to listen to some of the comments you hear. Unless its backed up by a "peer-reviewed" journal I wouldn't believe a thing anyone says in here.
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Yeah, honestly the last thing we need is a high school girl to come on here, see this and start freaking out.
I know through personal experience that the 2 secons per mile per pound of (unecessary weight) is about right.
or aproximately 1 min off your 5k for every 10 lbs.
Here are my times as I lost weight.
Weight 5k time
215lbs 22:30
205lbs 21:50
195lbs 19:40
190lbs 19:00
185lbs 18:30
180lbs 18:00
175lbs 17:30
170lbs 17:00
167lbs 16:40
160lbs 15:50
Amazing. You managed to run an even time with each incremental loss of weight.
These times are aproximate I can supply links to exact times to back this up if you don't believe me.
Moscow wrote:
Amazing. You managed to run an even time with each incremental loss of weight.
you forgot to factor in improved fitness. obviously your not going to the same time @ 160 as 215 but, we all know that you did not have the same fitness at each race and that they probibly would not be run on the same course etc.... to answer the question tho if it is indeed 3 EXTRA pounds will slow you down only slightly if at all. It's not something I would reccomend worring about. The days prior to the race would have more impact on your performance than bieng a few (3 or so) pounds overweight.