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I'm too skinny for Ironman so i should just give up now.

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  • 22-04-2016 11:30am
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    BTH
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    And I cant even follow his advice as it would have the opposite effect. :(
    If you’re an Ironman and look in the mirror without a shirt and can see every muscle my advice is this: Get in the car so you don’t burn too many calories, take yourself to the nearest supermarket and stock up on chocolate and ice cream. If you can see a chiselled six pack when you’re not exercising then a cheesecake is a must as you are already seriously redlining it.


    http://triathlon.competitor.com/2015/02/nutrition/brett-suttons-take-racing-weight-debate_112766


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    BTH
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    Gibbo, on the other hand, has a massive headstart on the chocolate!!!


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    rodneyr1981
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    BTH wrote:
    And I cant even follow his advice as it would have the opposite effect.

    No need for the bragging:-)


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    RacoonQueen
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    BTH, did you even put on weight when you weren't training?
    I hate people like you :)


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    peter kern
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    does he pay you to post every article of his ( it seems so)
    BTH wrote: »
    And I cant even follow his advice as it would have the opposite effect. :(




    http://triathlon.competitor.com/2015/02/nutrition/brett-suttons-take-racing-weight-debate_112766


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    BTH
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    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    BTH, did you even put on weight when you weren't training?
    I hate people like you :)

    Yes, after 3.5 weeks in Argentina, drinking wine everyday and two big dinners a day I put on around 3kg.

    It was gone quicker than it went on.


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    BTH
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    peter kern wrote: »
    does he pay you to post every article of his ( it seems so)

    I hope that if I keep doing it he'll start paying me!! :D


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    peter kern
    Registered Users Posts: 3,359 ✭✭✭peter kern


    anyway wasnt this article in rleation with carolin steffen when she was really skiny (seiously skinny and prob for a female not helathy anymore )


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    RacoonQueen
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    BTH wrote: »
    Yes, after 3.5 weeks in Argentina, drinking wine everyday and two big dinners a day I put on around 3kg.

    It was gone quicker than it went on.

    If you could bottle that metabolism you'd make a fortune. Some only have to look at food to put on weight. :p


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    sconhome
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    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    If you could bottle that metabolism you'd make a fortune. Some only have to look at food to put on weight. :p

    Did someone call me?

    Wait til you hit 40+ BTH and you'll hate me throwing this thread at you on a weekly basis ;)


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    BTH
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    sconhome wrote: »
    Did someone call me?

    Wait til you hit 40+ BTH and you'll hate me throwing this thread at you on a weekly basis ;)

    Never gonna happen mate. My auld fella did nothing for 15 years (after a massive car crash) from age ~40 to 55 and he put on about a stone. Good genes. :P


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    micar
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    I did an ironman in 2011.

    I would be quite thin anyway. 5 10 and about 65kg (10.5 stone)

    With all the training I lost a bit of weight.

    Met a member of my club out during a spin a few days before the race. She commented that I was very thin.

    Obviously you'd never know but I may have looked unhealthily thin.

    Kinda decided that I would not do another one.


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    pgibbo
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    BTH wrote: »
    Gibbo, on the other hand, has a massive headstart on the chocolate!!!
    Sitting here nibbling away on a box of Milk Tray that someone kindly brought in to work :)


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    sconhome
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    ***UNFOLLOWING****


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    El Caballo
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    micar wrote: »
    She commented that I was very thin.

    That's when you know in you're in shape.


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    peter kern
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    El Caballo wrote: »
    That's when you know in you're in shape.

    no it means you still have to lose quite a bit ;-)


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    RacoonQueen
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    peter kern wrote: »
    no it means you still have to lose quite a bit ;-)

    Yeah it's when people keep asking you are you sick/dying that you know you're in shape :)


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    Pmaldini
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    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    Yeah it's when people keep asking you are you sick/dying that you know you're in shape :)

    When I was told I looked like the side of a trocaire box before my 1st IM I knew I was ready:D


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