Comments on: A Glance at My Nutritional Beliefs http://vicespiritu.com/2007/03/31/a-glance-at-my-nutritional-beliefs/ The blog of Philippine cyclist Victor Espiritu. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:49:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Norman Baybayan http://vicespiritu.com/2007/03/31/a-glance-at-my-nutritional-beliefs/#comment-418 Norman Baybayan Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:41:58 +0000 http://vicespiritu.com/2007/03/31/a-glance-at-my-nutritional-beliefs/#comment-418 This is the age of internet. Thru this sana maraming Pinoy road cyclists ang magbasa ng columns mo especially re: proper training. that they can apply. Very informative ang column mong ito. This is the age of internet. Thru this sana maraming Pinoy road cyclists ang magbasa ng columns mo especially re: proper training. that they can apply. Very informative ang column mong ito.

]]> By: john cooney http://vicespiritu.com/2007/03/31/a-glance-at-my-nutritional-beliefs/#comment-118 john cooney Thu, 24 May 2007 23:10:56 +0000 http://vicespiritu.com/2007/03/31/a-glance-at-my-nutritional-beliefs/#comment-118 Hi Vic I was reading your blog regarding BMI here in the UK its being faced out as a means of determining a healthy weight. Its never used by world class endurance athletes to my knowledge, they tend to be guided by Body Fat Percentage, as their BMI would always be well below a Medicaly recommended range for them. Remember that top cyclist here in europe use body fat percentage as a guide to their fitness level, this can be as low as 4 to 8% in some athletes. I appreciate its difficult to asses ones Body Fat, remember that in calculating BMI it does not allow for muscle mass, Arnel Swarzeneger for example would have a high BMI due to muscle mass and not body fat. I hope this helps in determining your Ideal racing weight Kind Regards John Hi Vic I was reading your blog regarding BMI here in the UK its being faced out as a means of determining a healthy weight.

Its never used by world class endurance athletes to my knowledge, they tend to be guided by Body Fat Percentage, as their BMI would always be well below a Medicaly recommended range for them.

Remember that top cyclist here in europe use body fat percentage as a guide to their fitness level, this can be as low as 4 to 8% in some athletes.

I appreciate its difficult to asses ones Body Fat, remember that in calculating BMI it does not allow for muscle mass, Arnel Swarzeneger for example would have a high BMI due to muscle mass and not body fat.

I hope this helps in determining your Ideal racing weight

Kind Regards

John

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