[Fwd: Re: [RC] weight gain after events] - Keith Kibler
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Susan,
The first time I did an ultra bike event I rode 563 miles in 6 1/2 days.
I gained 2 lbs.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Keith
Please dont suggest it was muscle
:-}
Susan wrote:
Good! At least I'm not the only one.
Your hypothesis correlates with mine. I have no sceientific evidence
but don't really need any. It's rather frustrating to me that an
overweight person can't lose weight doing an extreme endurance sport
but can lose weight and get in better condition by doing a 30-minute
aerobic session.
Hummm...I do know that staying within your target heart rate range is
all you need to do to reap the benefits of the workout. Staying at
the max heart rate, or even going above it, adds nothing to the
workout and can even hinder your fitness. So, thinking about this, I
wonder if conditioning and weight loss are acheived while doing
shorter workouts more often. The extreme sports are just something
fun we can do because we're in condition to do it. Does that make any
sense?
I also compete in race walks. It's rather funny...they don't scare me
because they are so short...5K, 10K, 20K. HA! I have a friend
wanting me to enter the 160K races...but I think we need to just chill
there! LOL
Anyway, thanks for your input. This topic is interesting and I think
of benefit to many riders.
*/Keith Kibler <skkibler@xxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote:
My experiance is that I have competed at various types of rather
extreme endurance sports. Marathons, Triathlon, Ironman triathlons
(141 miles) and several 500 mile bike events.
My experiance is similar to yours. My best semi educated guess is
that
you initially lose weight mostly but not exclusively due to
dehydration
. You then have the gain a little bit due to eating but mostly due
to a combination of rehydration and also the body seems to go into a
defense mode when you beat it up. It stores nutrients and retains
fluid. I dont understand the exact metabolic reason for it but I have
seen it happen repeatedly.
Keith
Susan [Young], The Princess of Pink
Semper Obliquo (Always aside)
Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.
"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride
on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!" - Charles Dickens
(1812-1870)
