jgs wrote:
Wow, if what you say is true, something strange is going on. You are
talking about putting on over 20 lbs. of lean muscle. Imagine
slapping 20 lbs. of steaks onto your body and how much larger you
would be.

And stronger if everything is muscles. Muscles makes you heavier, but the
right muscles also make you so much stronger that it will boost your
performance. Remember Salt Lake Olympic games and a certain skier who was
skiing for Spain?

Having you been weighting in every day and using the same scale that
you used when you were tipping the scales at 93? Are you over
hydrated?

Gene, a question; more than carrying the additional weight up the
hill, isn't the issue oxygenating the additional muscle mass that
larger athlete has to deal with in the hills? I remember seeing a
chart somewhere that really broke it down. It seems that it is a
mathematical certainty that the smaller athlete will prevail in the
hills. Have you heard this thesis?

No. A small person without muscles will not be able to ski up a hill. He
need to gain some weight and muscles to be able to. How much is a discussion
item. What is the ideal muscle mass and how is it achieved? Big muscles also
makes it easier to ski uphill, and you do not need so much oxygen, i think.

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Terje Henriksen
Kirkenes