fruit thief wrote:
My genuine question is because I find it surprising that such significant changes in body fat happen in a short time. My personal experience is that changes in body fat% have been very slow. For example even with 1000kcal deficit per day, even a lean adult would take about a week for a 1% reduction in body fat.
So I'm curious how 6-8% body fat is something you could hold but only for a few days. I have no personal experience of single digit % body fat, and wondered if maybe there is a sort of rebound hunger/ calorie excess mechanism and maybe mrRabbit would explain. He certainly looks very lean on the race photo attached to his profile
I can gain 5-7 lbs inside of a week after a race without much thought about it. A little fat helps me recover, and a good chunk of that is just post race water weight too.
And I train at 9-10% leading up to the race, then cut 2-3% in a 4 week taper. I don't back off the milage much and even when tapering I'm putting in 12+ hours. Your personal experience didn't have much bearing on me it seems.
This really isn't that complicated and I feel like you're playing some unsuccessful gotcha game. You aren't getting anything however.
Too old to go pro but doing it anyway
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