Racing Weight

[Tasha99]

…by Matt Fitzgerald. Has anyone read this book and followed his suggestions? I’ve read his book - 80/20 running - and really liked it. Changed the way I run completely. A friend also recommended this book too. Just wondered if anyone has any experience of it?

[mountaindreamer Half Marathon]

Sorry, no, but I’m half way through 80/20 Running, and am slowing my runs down drastically!

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to mountaindreamer]

That’s a great read! I’ve just ordered body fat scales now 🤣 only 35 pages in 🤦🏽‍♀️

[misswobble Marathon in reply to Tasha99]

I bought them but I have doubts about them. Body fat measurement in particular seems to vary wildly from one day to the next, eg 5% to 14% from one day to the next I’ve got the .Nokia Smart scale.

[nowster Metric Marathon in reply to misswobble]

I got a cheap set from Lidl last Autumn. The body fat/water/muscle measurements seem to have very crude increments, which shows as noticeably discrete values in the graphs. It treat the measurements with a certain amount of skepticism.

[Daiwalker Marathon in reply to misswobble]

I bought a set of Karada scales. I religiously weighed/measured myself daily and recorded the findings during a 3 month weight loss programme that I'd set myself. To begin with I found results were varying a lot but I started dampening the parts of my body where the sensors were (palms and soles). I found the results were a lot more consistent. Also, relaxing when being weighed. Those scales, from what I understand, pass a low level current through you. Not sure if relaxing helps but my results, again, seemed to be more accurate.

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to Daiwalker]

Oh thanks for that! It’s just for a guide really. It’s the same with using a watch for heart rate. It’s a rough guide 👌🏽

[skysue16 Half Marathon in reply to Tasha99]

Body fat scales? Need to google that! 80/20 sounds an interesting read 👍😊

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to skysue16]

It’s a great read!

[skysue16 Half Marathon in reply to Tasha99]

I already go pretty slow though!!

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to skysue16]

It’s all relative to each individual though and is based in heart rate. Plus the 20 in 80/20 is important.

[mountaindreamer Half Marathon in reply to Tasha99]

Not something worth me buying in - they don’t work on people with pacemakers! 😂

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to mountaindreamer]

😶🤣

[Sandraj39 Half Marathon]

I just picked up my copy of 80/20 Running again recently (had it for a while but never read it properly). I’m a little put off by the training plans further on in the book which look as though they involve running far more than 3 times a week?How do we apply the 80/20 principle to a three run per week regime AND do all the other things that are supposed to be good for us such as fartleking and hills?🤷🏼‍♀️

[Tasha99 Marathon in reply to Sandraj39]

Yes I totally understand where you’re coming from. If you only want to run 3 times a week, then ideally I guess you would only do one hard session like speed or hills every two weeks, and make the other 5 easy. I now usually run 5 times a week as the running is easy so I need far less recovery. I think the idea is to increase mileage but do it at a very easy pace.