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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Exactly. Thus I'm confused why now two people are saying that F=ma does not apply. You must apply force to the water to accelerate your mass. Isn't that F = ma?
It applies--it's just that it cancels itself out. If you have more mass, you have to apply additional force to accelerate. But, because of inertia, the additional mass causes you to hold on to that momentum longer.
So, THEORETICALLY, the catch and the push-off require additional force, but they should take you further.
Exactly. Thus I'm confused why now two people are saying that F=ma does not apply. You must apply force to the water to accelerate your mass. Isn't that F = ma?
It applies--it's just that it cancels itself out. If you have more mass, you have to apply additional force to accelerate. But, because of inertia, the additional mass causes you to hold on to that momentum longer.
So, THEORETICALLY, the catch and the push-off require additional force, but they should take you further.
