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Ive said this before and people dont like to hear it but its true, a large number of participants in triathlons are far from athletic looking. You are absolutely correct, and I think I have some idea why this is the case. This is just my opinion by the way...
1. Triathlons require a lot of endurance training.
2. Endurance training requires fuel (i.e. calories).
3. People go for a long bike ride or a long run and come back tired and the gas tank on E.
4. They eat WAY more than their body can handle at one time.
5. Their body digests and processes what it can, the other part... welllll.... let's just say it goes to other places (cough cough hips).
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1. They eat a HUGE breakfast with plans of working out later, and it ends up being just too much food for the workout they're going to do.
I was the same way. Once I changed my diet to smaller meals and no snacks bigger than 200 calories, I became a lot more lean. I still eat plenty of calories, just more spread out. I think too many people just over compensate for a 3 hour long bike ride and go crazy with the post workout food thing. Just my thoughts on the topic.