After following some of the training journals, I’ve noticed people mentioning the change in body weight during the competitive season. I personally usually float around the same weight all year round.
I was wondering how much people’s weight changes?
And the strategies/methods used to achieve this?
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Participant
Well my weight changes quite alot from training to comps as I tend to eat more during training phases (particularly over the winter) and then eat less during comp phases… for example this winter my weight has been knocking around 82/83kg but my indoor season starts on sunday so i’ll be down to around 79kg by then. Although generally speaking my weight has been on a downward curve for the last couple of years since I stopped doing upper body work
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ParticipantThe reason is happens with me is becuase of training design and diet.
During off season i do nothing and therefore eat less. Then during GP i’m beginning to lift weights again and increase food intake. Naturally this will gain some weight.
Then the major weight gain comes during a 6 week phase where max strength and overall strength is the emphasis. During this phase i eat a high protein diet and lift more upper body than at any other time during the year.
After this phase I head into a speed and power emphasis phase where i will only lift above 85% once every 10-14 days. During this time my diet is high in carbs and lower in protein and i quickly lose weight.
Example, 5 weeks ago at the end of the max strength phase i was 188 lbs and now i am 179 lbs and yet have lifted heavier weights for clean, squat and bench as of course relative strength becomes more and more important as the season gets closer.
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Thanks Matt/Nick for your replies.
Im the same over the winter my body weight is slightly higher although my weight does not really fluctuate much.
Nick-How do you find the change in diet, do you see any change in adaption/recovery or frequency and duration of soreness etc, when you switch to high carb? -
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Does anyone here try to empty the glycogen stores before a competiton? I know theres about 2kg of water to lose if you do.
Any experiences with this? Felt like crap, performed good/bad etc. Speedfreak posted somewhere he doesnt eat fruit and veg 2 days before a race (i think), to empty stores?
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Participant
Does anyone here try to empty the glycogen stores before a competiton? I know theres about 2kg of water to lose if you do.
Any experiences with this? Felt like crap, performed good/bad etc. Speedfreak posted somewhere he doesnt eat fruit and veg 2 days before a race (i think), to empty stores?
Its to reduce bowel content, not to empty stores!
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Participant
So how does that work, not eating fruit or veg i mean. I think you said 2kg lost in 2 days before a comp, sounds like a lot.
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Participant
So how does that work, not eating fruit or veg i mean. I think you said 2kg lost in 2 days before a comp, sounds like a lot.
It works because you stop consuming fibre, so your digestive system is much, much less full. So if you are always eating salads and fruit on a daily basis, you will have quite a bit of fibre inside you when you weight yourself.
2kg might have been a bit excessive, but it is certainly in excess of 1kg.
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Participant
Good tip, thanks. After Euro’s last year Idowu said he kept his gut empty and was a bit dehydrated, to keep weight down.
I wonder what he did, i know fighters claim to lose 20lbs of water in a day.
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