[Closed] Bodyfat %'s and proportions of top athletes.

Was that pre or post big c....

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.

Amir Khan's 5'10" and weighs in under 140lbs for a fight.

That's mental.

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 ...

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

When I was climbing, I was 125 lbs and 5.9.
Good power to weight ratio though.

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?

Rasmussen

So... what drugs for keeping power outputs high?

Suddenly I feel obese... 6'5" and about 200lb. I can't be that fat can I?

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...

You must have been stick thin

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No 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.

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.

I was 158lb (at 6'1") once in my 30s.

Won't happen again, just ate 3 kit kats with brekkie 😎

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.

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.

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.

just ate 3 kit kats with brekkie

So, how do you work out bodyfat percentage then?

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?

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 %

The Southern Yeti - Member

You're just a big bloke... you could eat some of us on this thread.

Steady on now... I'm not that hungry!

lazybike - what's your BMI? You might be Lance too... his was 22.5.

lazybike - what's your BMI? You might be Lance too... his was 22.5.

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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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 😆

My mum has some 'bodyfat' scales they give two very different results depending on whether you set them to athlete mode or not

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.

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 time

This only adds weight to my theory that I am Lance Armstrong.

I'm not answering questions on that dope.

sorry to break it to you, but you're not lance.

we should organise another ride soon dude, need a reason to play on the uppy downy. oh and jo needs stuff for the frame you sold him i think, can i give him your number?

Ahhh... yes... by all means.

This only adds weight to my theory that I am Lance Armstrong

There's a method that the marines use to determine body fat % that uses neck and waist measurements. Not sure if that's any better or worse than any of the other inaccurate methods of measuring body fat 🙂

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/body-fat-calculator-usmc

For the 1999 TdF Lance Armstrong took his 5'10" frame down to 158lbs.

that's 71kg? not that light for that height(i thought he was 5'9).. 3% seems unlikely

I'm 149lb and 5'9

There's a method that the marines use to determine body fat % that uses neck and waist measurements.

Tricky - the stats are from a Chris Carmichael book, but they may be wrong.

He doesn't have the super skinny tradtitional cyclist upper body.

5'10" and 140lb here (+/- a couple). Been that way for the last 15 years. Not especially skinny - wiry maybe - work means I have reasonable upper body strength. Bathroom scales reckon between 18 and 20% bodyfat. I reckon with a good training plan and the desire to use it, racing weight would be around 9stone. I do struggle with pure power output. Headwinds kill me.

isn't lance a decent swimmer/triathlete? might account for 'bulkier' upper body

3% is definitely not healthy, which is why they don't stay at that weight. They go through some metabolic trickery or other to get the weight down before big races and then eat up afterwards. Look at Wiggo's face in the interviews he does off-season and just before the TdF - shocking.