I'm doing track right now at my high school. I'm a sprinter: don't want the weight loss associated with distance. I'm 5'10" (1.78 m) and started at 163 lbs, now at 158 lbs after just week of practice! I wasn't fat to begin with, 31 inch waist. The same now, maybe barely less. I just saw myself in the mirror today and my upper body looked like I never lifted in my life, even though my lower body looked good. Anything I can do to keep weight?
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How do I keep weight while running?
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ur just paranoid.
i'm a sprinter too and it's really hard for us to even loose weight.
the 5 lb different might have been the sh1t you took or the water that you drank.
in one week, no matter what you do, you will not be able to see a difference in your body.
i'm a sprinter too and it's really hard for us to even loose weight.
the 5 lb different might have been the sh1t you took or the water that you drank.
in one week, no matter what you do, you will not be able to see a difference in your body.
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You're a sprinter yet you think you are losing muscle? That's wrong my friend. Firstly, because you are sprinting, you are putting lots of pressure on the muscle for a short period of time with builds up big strong bulky muscles rather than stamina muscles. As these muscles get stronger, your upper body begins to develop in order to compensate for the muscle power your legs have. When you sprint you use your legs to propel yourself and you use your upper body to keep your balance. A good sprinter will naturally have a strong upper body and strong legs, otherwise with a weak upper body, he would flap all over the place as his legs are too powerful for his upper body.
Don't worry about losing weight, it's probably excess fat, you won't lose weight from sprinting. Your upper body will naturally begin to develop in order to maintain balance and grow in sync with your legs.
Don't worry about losing weight, it's probably excess fat, you won't lose weight from sprinting. Your upper body will naturally begin to develop in order to maintain balance and grow in sync with your legs.
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You're right about the long distance running being associated with an overall decrease in muscle mass, but intense sprinting will have the opposite effect.....Instead of explaining all the physiological/hormonal effects here, I'll just post a link on it.
http://www.therunnersguide.com/weighttrainingforsprinters/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Increase-Your-Testosterone-and-Growth-Hormones-With-Sprinting&id=1932036
http://www.therunnersguide.com/weighttrainingforsprinters/
http://ezinearticles.com/?Increase-Your-Testosterone-and-Growth-Hormones-With-Sprinting&id=1932036
geneticsDimehair said:Effort, I disagree. College and (good) HS sprinters are jacked. How do they keep their muscle? It can't all be steroids.