I read a great article by a friend who owns ZoomPerformance, a coaching firm in Des Moines and I wanted to share this information with you. Your strength to weight ratio is the measure of a person’s strength divided by their body weight. Now, why is this so important? Generally speaking, athletes with a lower strength to weight ratio will be able to perform better with increased efficiency during a race. According to Running Times, "some sources estimate a gain of one per cent in running speed for every one per cent reduction in body fat." To put this in perspective, great gains can be made by simply managing your nutrition plan with your training plan to optimize your results. According to the author, Jenny Weber, improving your strength to weight ratio can improve:
- your overall efficiency- improve metabolic function (body utilizes oxygen more efficiently)- decrease risk of injury- speeds recovery- improve mechanical efficiency
In order to improve your strength to weight ratio you need a strong, periodized training resistance program, nutrition plan, and goals for each of the above mentioned steps. For more information, follow this link
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Losing weight and keeping it off is much more than eating right and exercising hard. In order to lose weight and keep it off, especially in today’s stressful society, you must be mentally tough
I think you mean a higher strength to weight ratio. If you gain weight and gain no additional strength your ration decreases - this is bad.
Working out and exercises will shed the weight that is not required for us and make us fit. weight training programs will have an great impact in shaping ourselves into the shape we require.
smithtraining - I agree that the 3rd component of weight loss is the mental aspect of it. at the same time, if you set goals for yourself, and gain and understand the concepts of eating right and exercise hard, it makes it much easier.
what if you train harder and you stop eating. would that work? kind of like not eating all day and hitting the bars hard. you get drunk faster.
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