Quote Originally Posted by AmyK View Post
Will gaining weight make me slower?
Not necessarily. If the weight you gain is muscle you might be stronger and faster. One of the problems with BMI is that it doesn't distinguish between fat and muscle; muscle weighs more, that's why a lot of very fit people in sports like rugby have a BMI score that is in the obese category.
John McIntosh
Rossendale Harriers
it's a good question but isn't it primarily a question for medical/health professionals together with nutritional and/or sports-nutritional health expertise? if it's something you're concerned about from the medical side of things then put that before anyone's views on what makes you faster.
Keeping eye on your menstral cycle would be just as if not more important re making sure you are not over doing it/under eating - if this starts to become irregualr/non existent then you should seek advice
Normally My BMI is 23 but when I calculated BMI after work out it somewhat betweet 20 and 21.
The site which I used to calculate BMI is https://howtocalculatebmi.online
The bigger the bmi the quicker you get down the hill because gravity sucks you towards the Earth's core. If you are heavier this gives gravity a helping hand. If you have more fat you will feed your mussels with condensed energy so u can run for longer. A lot of top runners only look thin cos their pics were taken at the end of races when all the energy was used up, they didn't want their pic taken at the start as they were probably a bit tubby at the start cos of all their condensed energy.