For the 1999 TdF Lance Armstrong took his 5'10" frame down to 158lbs.
Apparently his BF% was just 3%!!
From my preliminary studies I have concluded that I am Lance Armstrong and should probably stick to a more sensible target of 161-162lb.
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Bodyfat %'s and proportions of top athletes.
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Was that pre or post big c....
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For the 1999 TdF Lance Armstrong took his 5'10" frame down to 158lbs.
Amir Khan's 5'10" and weighs in under 140lbs for a fight. He probably puts on a stone between then and the fight but still lighter than Armstrong.
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Amir Khan's 5'10" and weighs in under 140lbs for a fight.
That's mental.
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I still can't look at those Tour of French pictures of Wiggins or the Schmuck brothers looking emaciated malnourished without thinking it can't be healthy being that lean ...
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What I don't get is how they keep thier power outputs so high.....and no I'm not insinuating drugs.
From my preliminary studies I have concluded that I am Lance Armstrong
according to my studies I'm an off season Ulrich..Posted 3 months ago # -
When I was climbing, I was 125 lbs and 5.9.
Good power to weight ratio though.Posted 3 months ago # -
Rasmussen
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ianv - you must've been stick thin... I'm the same build as a relative who was that weight after spending a year in a POW camp.
So... what drugs for keeping power outputs high?
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Rasmussen
I didn't know he was in Schindlers list...Posted 3 months ago # -
So... what drugs for keeping power outputs high?
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Suddenly I feel obese... 6'5" and about 200lb. I can't be that fat can I?
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LOL at Lazy bike
I still can't look at those Tour of French pictures of Wiggins or the Schmuck brothers looking emaciated malnourished without thinking it can't be healthy being that lean ...
It's definitely not healthy, in much the same way those massive bodybuilders aren't healthy. they say that every grand tour a GC contender rides takes a year of his life...
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You must have been stick thin
img024 by ianvincent, on FlickrNo legs, only ever trained upper body. I actually used a thing called inosine (precursor of creatine) to train but thinness doesn't always mean no power. Still only about 135 lbs.
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If only I wasn't 24% bodyfat! My doctor was shocked when the device told him that as I don't look at all fat at 191cm and 90.5kg, 34" waist.
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I was 158lb (at 6'1") once in my 30s.
Won't happen again, just ate 3 kit kats with brekkie
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I'm a smidge under 6' and have been as low as 140lbs as an adult. I recommend the stress of being a newly qualified teacher in a shit primary school and not sleeping.
I'm about 156lbs now.
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So, how do you work out bodyfat percentage then?
Not that I'm paranoid, but statistics are soemthing I do a lot of, so it might be "fun" to work it out for myself.
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Willard - it's pretty hard to get an accurate %. Calipers / Scales etc are all prone to error and based on algorithms.
You're just a big bloke... you could eat some of us on this thread.
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just ate 3 kit kats with brekkie
4 fingered I hope....Posted 3 months ago # -
So, how do you work out bodyfat percentage then?
I did mine on the Wii fit...lots of laughing when it came up as obese...
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It's definitely not healthy, in much the same way those massive bodybuilders aren't healthy. they say that every grand tour a GC contender rides takes a year of his life...
Really? Didn't Garmin publish the HR's for their riders this year and for 95% of the time they were just cruising with the HR's only really cimbing on the climbs and the last few miles?
And does that account for the drugs? I suspect most dead tour riders were from the times when amphetmines, red wine and a cigaretts were considdered to be the climbers performance enhancers of choice? I'm sure it's not healthy in the short term (lowered imune system etc) but is being stick thin over the summer really that bad for you?
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lazybike - Member
So, how do you work out bodyfat percentage then?
I did mine on the Wii fit...lots of laughing when it came up as obese...
Doesn't the Wii fit measure BMI not bodyfat %Posted 3 months ago # -
Doesn't the Wii fit measure BMI not bodyfat %
your right it does, my apologiesPosted 3 months ago # -
The Southern Yeti - MemberYou're just a big bloke... you could eat some of us on this thread.
Steady on now... I'm not that hungry!
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lazybike - what's your BMI? You might be Lance too... his was 22.5.
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lazybike - what's your BMI? You might be Lance too... his was 22.5.
can't remember, it did say obese but I don't know the numbers, I'll have to be the fat older brother...Posted 3 months ago # -
My mate had some body fat scales, they were quite accurate and measured water % of your body as well
Lowest I got to was 9%. No idea now.
I only know my weight in stone. Which is 11.5...So 161 Lbs. I'm 6ft 3"
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ifatcat
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Lance never looked as emaciated as that bloke does up there ^^.
I'm not far off the same weight as Emma Pooley now. Wonder if I'll have as good a season as her
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My mum has some 'bodyfat' scales they give two very different results depending on whether you set them to athlete mode or not
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Mine don't have athlete mode... most of the time they just read 'Error'.
This only adds weight to my theory that I am Lance Armstrong.
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Yeah, they change massively just having a pee.
Not that accurate, but can give an indication of change in body fat if you keep other variables the same, particularlly hydration. best used at the same time of day, (say 1st thing) over the course of timePosted 3 months ago # -
This only adds weight to my theory that I am Lance Armstrong.
only adds weight....
so Lance why did you do it, why.... why did you marry that singer....
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I'm not answering questions on that dope.
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