Just out of curiosity...if all things being equal, how much could a person improve simply by losing weight. Is there a formula that could properly express this.
The numbers I'm working with are
6'3" my height
215 my current weight
23.4 my 50free scy time at nats last april
now my weight at nats was 215 after losing 20lbs over the season. I'm really paying attention to my diet and nutrition and trying to trim down another 10lbs.
Any thoughts???
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OK I'll admit it - I do have a degree in physics but found the whole fluid dynamics thing far too hard. Therefore instead of becoming a weather-girl I became an accountant!
As for the weight-loss, I found that I could easily maintain 130lbs and swim well, but try and get down to 125lbs and the effort, and feeling of weakness just made it not worth it, so it depends on where that 215 lies in relation to your ideal/minimun weight for your body type. You'll likely feel better in training and distance upon losing some weight, but probably not see much difference on a 50.
OK I'll admit it - I do have a degree in physics but found the whole fluid dynamics thing far too hard. Therefore instead of becoming a weather-girl I became an accountant!
As for the weight-loss, I found that I could easily maintain 130lbs and swim well, but try and get down to 125lbs and the effort, and feeling of weakness just made it not worth it, so it depends on where that 215 lies in relation to your ideal/minimun weight for your body type. You'll likely feel better in training and distance upon losing some weight, but probably not see much difference on a 50.
