There seems to be as many opinions and misinformation floating around about personal weight that I thought we might share and perhaps open our minds a bit. Here are the questions that I feel will provide useful info:
Age
Sex
Height
Present weight range (many people vary 3-4 lbs over a day)
Ideal weight range for optimum health (your opinion)
Ideal weight range for optimum swimming performance
What steps are you taking, or will you be taking, to lose or
gain the weight difference between present & optimum.
I'll start
54
M
6'1"
220-224
190-194
182-188
Drastically cut down drinking & desserts; resume active training
45
M
6'2"
188-194 (down from 205ish when I started back swimming 1 1/2 years ago)
185-190 (No evidence for this whatsoever, but I feel pretty good now, so this seems reasonable)
182-186 (No evidence whatsoever. I made this up)
If I cut out beer, I'd drop the pounds, but life without beer isn't worth living, and it hasn't seemed to slow down the Good/Bad/Ugly/Whatever Smith who says that he likes beer. So I'll just keep plugging along after my pool re-opens -- 6 weeks from now. AAAAARRRGGGGHH.
45
M
6'2"
188-194 (down from 205ish when I started back swimming 1 1/2 years ago)
185-190 (No evidence for this whatsoever, but I feel pretty good now, so this seems reasonable)
182-186 (No evidence whatsoever. I made this up)
If I cut out beer, I'd drop the pounds, but life without beer isn't worth living, and it hasn't seemed to slow down the Good/Bad/Ugly/Whatever Smith who says that he likes beer. So I'll just keep plugging along after my pool re-opens -- 6 weeks from now. AAAAARRRGGGGHH.
