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Thursday, February 4, 2010

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The Best Weight for the Best Workout


In her latest Personal Best column, Gina Kolata explores how what you weigh can affect your workout. She writes:

Exercise physiologists agree that if your sport is particularly affected by the tug of gravity — running, cross-country skiing, cycling up hills — you are penalized for excess weight. But that leaves some questions: What is the ideal weight for your sport? And how much difference will it make if you actually achieve it?

But finding the ideal weight for your sport isn’t easy, and every athlete has a point at which too much weight loss can make performance worse.

To learn more about weight and exercise, including the experiences of elite athletes like Andre Agassi, read the full column, “Slimmer Doesn’t Always Mean Fitter,” and then please join the discussion below.

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