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
Shorter stature tends to be a handicap in sprinting. Elite swimmers are virtually all "athletically lean."
Aside from the "Mighty Mite" George mentioned above, I was jolly happy to read the other day that Whitney Myers was 5'5", only 3/4 of an inch taller than me. I'd still rather be as tall as Mollie or Lindsay though.
But I'm curious, how do we define "athletically lean?"
Shorter stature tends to be a handicap in sprinting. Elite swimmers are virtually all "athletically lean."
Aside from the "Mighty Mite" George mentioned above, I was jolly happy to read the other day that Whitney Myers was 5'5", only 3/4 of an inch taller than me. I'd still rather be as tall as Mollie or Lindsay though.
But I'm curious, how do we define "athletically lean?"
