Topic: Article: "Making Weight" for High Performance

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

"Making Weight" for High Performance

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

 

[Danny Nemani]

Great article Jim.  Learnt alot reading through this.  Thanks.

Cheers Chris for re-posting this. 

[Roman Hunt]

Great article!

[Andy Dick]

Great stuff.  This is a must read for many high schoolers as well who know little about losing weight.

Now if you could just get a "Gaining Weight" article for us folks looking get bigger that would be awesome! 

[Paul LaDuke]

Jim,

Thanks for taking the time to write such a great article! 

I would add 2 more points:

1.  Make sure you get your 8-9 hours of sleep every night (if not more).  Conventional wisdom would make you think that cutting 1 hours sleep out would help burn more calories in a day.  But studies have shown that sleep deprivation leads to increased appetite.

2.  Spread your exercise throughout the day.  FACT: High intensity training increases the BMR for several hours after the workout.  If you normally exercise in the afternoon or evening, do several body weight exercises or go for a brisk walk in the morning.   Visa versa if you exercise in the morning.  Performing any exercise that increases the heart rate to 100-120bpm or so for about 5-10 minutes will help boost your metabolism.  Since the key to fat lose is to keep the BMR up, it makes sense to keep it working at an elevated rate.  Be sure that this extra work is not impairing the ability to perform the scheduled workout.

You did a very thorough job of covering the topic!  I will be using this information for my wrestlers this year.

Thanks.

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]