Corbab Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 I never thought I'd be saying this, but I need to lose weight. I'm 6'2", 200lb, 10-15%bf (tape-measured), so I'm not exactly overweight, but in order to be competitive as a rower, I need to be around 185. For the mathematically lazy, I need to lose 20 pounds. I'm eating paleo, lifting heavy 2x weekly, sprinting 2-3x weekly, and doing ~1hr steady state cardio 5x weekly, which I plan on increasing. My estimated calorie expenditure is 4,000kcal/day, and I'm aiming for 3,500 to start. I read Lyle McDonald's series on cutting while training, and used eatthismuch.com to rough in my meals.Am I missing anything? Does anyone have experience with anything like this? Any tips?TL,DR: I need to lose 20lb. What do? Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them. -Ayn Rand Amongst those less skilled you can see all this energy escaping through contorted faces, gritted teeth and tight shoulders that consume huge amounts of effort but contribute nothing to achieving the task. Link to comment
Ghost Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Intermittent Fasting could help with the final push. Link to comment
Lachy Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 If you're at 15% BF, and you lost 5%, you'd only loose 10lbs. And I don't think you want to get lower BF than that for rowing. So you're gonna have to shed some muscle weight, I think. Battle Log - Facebook Link to comment
Corbab Posted October 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 If you're at 15% BF, and you lost 5%, you'd only loose 10lbs. And I don't think you want to get lower BF than that for rowing. So you're gonna have to shed some muscle weight, I think.I figured on that much. Should I change my training (cut out Starting Strength?) with this in mind? I don't want to lose a ton of strength, and I know I can gain it back at a lower weight. Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them. -Ayn Rand Amongst those less skilled you can see all this energy escaping through contorted faces, gritted teeth and tight shoulders that consume huge amounts of effort but contribute nothing to achieving the task. Link to comment
TheSavageBean Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 You would only be 5lbs overweight if you lost 10lbs. You might want to consider losing your water through sweat training if there's a weigh in you have to pass. My Anime List - http://myanimelist.net/profile/speedy4122My Food/exercise log - http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/38056-beanlog/ Link to comment
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