https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/24722/who-said-fat-was-badEndurance, fat bad ? I found this interesting. www.sciencedaily.com/.../080925072436.htmen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/264789?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:10:04 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:2e33393b-75e0-4bb1-81e2-2b4890afd830Former MemberBe that as it may....I still swam ALOT faster at 170 than I do at 240!:drown:<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/264750?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:48:02 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6fdce63a-f5f5-4f6b-bd46-2679441e351aFormer Member&quot;During periods of racing, sled dogs can burn up to 12,000 kilocalories per day (kcal/day). This means that a 55-pound sled dog will consume the equivalent of 24 McDonald’s Big Macs to fuel their run on any given day. Some of the running dog’s high-fat diet is converted to energy in the liver, and used as fuel in the initial stages of exercise. Preliminary data suggests that this process is a desirable trait intended to efficiently support exercise in the racers. It is worth noting that humans would need 72 Big Macs to fuel the power they need to make a day’s run, assuming their body could absorb and process all the fat contained in the beef.&quot; Wow! It&#39;s funny how they use Big Macs as the reference for high fat food intake. Why not pizza slices? Good question. I poked around on the interwebs, and found that pizza slices vary wildly in calories and fat content. Big Macs do not.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/264711?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:03:33 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:3508cf77-2931-4cb6-9397-41e220a27c39Former Member&quot;During periods of racing, sled dogs can burn up to 12,000 kilocalories per day (kcal/day). This means that a 55-pound sled dog will consume the equivalent of 24 McDonald’s Big Macs to fuel their run on any given day. Some of the running dog’s high-fat diet is converted to energy in the liver, and used as fuel in the initial stages of exercise. Preliminary data suggests that this process is a desirable trait intended to efficiently support exercise in the racers. It is worth noting that humans would need 72 Big Macs to fuel the power they need to make a day’s run, assuming their body could absorb and process all the fat contained in the beef.&quot; Wow! It&#39;s funny how they use Big Macs as the reference for high fat food intake. Why not pizza slices?<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/264660?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:36:15 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:2d3bd8c7-bd05-46fb-bbda-351ab4a45babFormer MemberYea, but then you&#39;d grow all that hair and shaving down would be a b*tch.<div style="clear:both;"></div>