“If you have a body, you are an athlete.” - Bill Bowerman
Disclaimer: The following chapter is about weight and body composition. This is a sensitive subject for many. This is just my (current) thoughts and experience on the matter. My hope is that this might help, but I also recognize there are many who struggle in far more serious ways with their relationship with food, body image, and weight. If this is the case, please disregard my words and seek the help of a trained professional.
Weight is a challenging subject.
Our brains like to play tricks on us.
We tend to simplify things as much as possible. When it comes to training, we tend to gravitate towards the following assumptions:
More is always better
Faster is always better
Lighter is always faster
These are all FALSE.
There’s a fraction of truth to these statements, but on the whole they are a terrible trio to base our training on.
The chapters on recovery and understanding energy demand provide more detail as to why the first two statements aren’t true.
This chapter will deal with the third, although it ties into those chapters as well. As always, everything is connected.
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