I am trying to get down to racing weight of 60-61kg this season. If I am not drinking (sorry party_wagon) and avoid binging on brownies and ice cream, my training weight hovers around 66kg. I have the discipline to drop weight fast if need be, but I can't go below 63kg for very long. So my questions are:
1. How fast is too fast for weight loss? I know there are hormonal adaptations that happen when you drop weight, and also rapid weight loss runs the risk of burning lean body mass and excess fat. Thoughts?
2. What about settling in? As in, how is performance impacted by hitting weight the night before a race, vs hitting it a week early and maintaining it? How do you time your targets?
3. For those of you coaches: do your athletes cycle through racing weight and rebound for every event, or do you 'peak' weight-wise (in a reverse way, I suppose) the same way you peak fitness-wise?
1. How fast is too fast for weight loss? I know there are hormonal adaptations that happen when you drop weight, and also rapid weight loss runs the risk of burning lean body mass and excess fat. Thoughts?
2. What about settling in? As in, how is performance impacted by hitting weight the night before a race, vs hitting it a week early and maintaining it? How do you time your targets?
3. For those of you coaches: do your athletes cycle through racing weight and rebound for every event, or do you 'peak' weight-wise (in a reverse way, I suppose) the same way you peak fitness-wise?