Thinking out loud... thoughts welcome

[louden_swain]

This is the attitude I've taken lately. Weight is just a number. If you can move, and if you have the endurance to do what you have to, just feed your body what it needs and let your weight be whatever it wants to be.


If you're training hard enough and smart enough, eat based on your hunger level, and your body will find the right weight for you. JMO.

This is sound advice.

 

[d3track]

B fold, I have never competed in Strongman, but have been following it here in the UK for a while (as well as on the world stage of course), and I have noticed a trend recently for those coming through to the top of the sport to be a bit leaner than has been traditional. I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this trend, but I think there is certainly a fine line between pure strength and the speed, agility and the certain amount of endurance needed in many of the events that the lower level of bodyweight tends to provide.

i'm wondering how much certain, ummmm......."training aids", have to do with the leaner look of many top strength athletes

 

[EngiCream]

so you're getting thinner, stronger, and have more endurance???

I'd be very concerned if I were you

 

[IronLion]

Really I would think long and hard about each and every event.

Strongman has two types of "events" and there has been a dichotemy of opinion over which events are more appropriate for determining who is the strongest man. One side says heavy powerlifting type events, the other says strength endurance athletic type events. For one set of events being fatter will help you, and for the other being leaner and faster will help you. If there are more athletic events that last longer than 10 seconds, than go in as close to your optimal performance bf as possible. Probably about 12%. Just what I would do.

 

[Becoming]

Forget about how you look, forget about how you feel, forget about the scale. Let performance be your guide!

In fact throw away the scale

Remeber fat doesn't flex. I bet you will perform better, because that extra fat you lost will mean your not lugging around extra weight, so you wil be faster and you will go further. Less mass for your body to pump blood around as well.
It's not like your under 6% Bodyfat or anything

Hell the smaller waist may mean you can carry things a lot closer to you body. I know that makes a difference in pulls etc.

There is a certain Polish dude who looks pretty lean to me....

Definitely!

 

[sk*]

You are getting stronger at the events right?

... then what's the problem?

Fat doesn't exactly give you strength, it might help you bounce better though (well, during squats).

I'm sure you can shoot to gaining more muscle and even better improve your performance (unless it would cost your speed and endurance).

-sk

 

[b fold the truth]

Really I would think long and hard about each and every event.

Strongman has two types of "events" and there has been a dichotemy of opinion over which events are more appropriate for determining who is the strongest man. One side says heavy powerlifting type events, the other says strength endurance athletic type events. For one set of events being fatter will help you, and for the other being leaner and faster will help you. If there are more athletic events that last longer than 10 seconds, than go in as close to your optimal performance bf as possible. Probably about 12%. Just what I would do.

All events will be heavy in Boston...including the squat (no suits). 365 farmers, HEAVY stones, heavy medley, conan's wheel, etc... It isn't like I'm trying to lose weight...it is just happening. I've stayed away from the scale for a while now because it always plays with my mind. I don't guess I've really been on a scale since May of 2003.

Guess I'll just do all that I can to keep heading in the right direction.

Today Cheese told me that if he ate all that I did in a day...he would be 20 pounds heavier...lol.

B True

 

[thebrute]

sounds like things are good brotha. i'm a 36" in the waist i'm at 272 currently. remember..i was at 280 a little over a month ago and recently i started settin PRs myself. i would just let my bodyweight do what it wants and see where it will take ya..who knows..you may make it back up to where you were and be even more stronger!! i wouldn't worry about it...it sounds like your training isn't suffering..which is always a good thing!! tb

 

[OfWolfandMan]

Im with everyone else on this.If you are getting stronger,and dont feel that it is having a bad effect on the events,I really wouldnt worry about it.