Too Fat?

peanut1978

Hi there

just looking for opinions

6'2
14st 11lb
15.5% bodyfat

looking to race this year

jibberjim

peanut1978 wrote:

Hi there

just looking for opinions

6'2
14st 11lb
15.5% bodyfat

looking to race this year

I think you're confusing racing with a Beauty Pageant - no-one cares about your stats, just how fast you go.

peanut1978

most guys will be light for power to weight ration to be optimum

just looking for opinions, or anyone who races at similar weight

dawebbo

Just pick races that suit your strengths - assuming that there are flatter courses near Inverness??

morstar

Not for a downhill TT!

Matt the Tester

morstar wrote:

Not for a downhill TT!

lol fantastic!

defo agree

ju5t1n

I race as a 3rd cat at the same weight as you and 2” shorter at only 6’ – I got four top 10s last year

markos1963

Welcome to the world of TTing

peanut1978

was thinking TT might be best bet

doing Bealach Beag sportive in May

Peddle Up!

peanut1978 wrote:

Hi there

just looking for opinions

6'2
14st 11lb
15.5% bodyfat

looking to race this year

Fat? Shum mistak shurely?

Berk Bonebonce

Most amateur racing in the UK is about well built lads bombing around flatish circuits. Far better to have your stats than mine when I was racing: 5'8"/56kg, ie, flyweight.

peanut1978

thanks guys

took it hard when i weighed myself for the first time in ages

pastey_boy

15.5% body fat is lat the low end of whats considered healthy. you should be in pretty good condition unless you look fat and you have your percentage wrong. how did you measure your body fat ? if you used them scales i would not take the result too seriously as they vary wildly

markmod

Don't sound fat too me, almost same figures as mine, although I'm 14 and a half stone. Lots of latent muscle I reckon

Do your races, do your best, enjoy them and you will get thinner, faster and fitter as the time goes on (hopefully)

peanut1978

thanks again

was on tatania body fat monitor if that helps

morstar

peanut1978 wrote:

thanks guys

took it hard when i weighed myself for the first time in ages

Apologies if my earlier remark was taken the wong way if it is a sensitive subject. Was meant purely in jest.

I was, for a very long tme a very skinny 6'1 ish. Last year I hit 13 1/2 stone ad did have a bit of baggage around the middle so I can empathise. On a positive note though, you can definitely plough through headwinds a lot better with a few extra pounds but the trade off is in the up hills.

Go race and have fun.

peanut1978

looking to drop a bit before racing

second son was born 5 weeks ago so have been a lot less active recently

clarkey cat

thats my excuse too peanut!!!

I topped 15 stone when my missus was 8 months... its slowly coming off. Im the same stats as you now but baby is 3 months.