*EDIT* Title should say weight not weights!
Hi all,
Just wanted to ask for some advice regarding how I can change my nutrition to achieve where I want to be.
Bit of background - I have been rowing at uni the past 3 years, and since Christmas we (senior mens team) have been lucky enough to have been given a training program, and receive coaching from a GB coach. We currently train 15 times a week, morning water session 16km, ~90 minutes steady state (we call it UT2 training 59%-67% of HR max), followed by a UT1 12km or 18km ergo (67-75% of HR max), followed by a weights session. We do this everyday bar Sunday which is our rest day, and wednesday where we only have two sessions (Thursday and Saturday we also do no have weights).
This amount of training has been a massive step up over what we used to be doing, we used to do a reasonable amount (maybe 6/7 times a week) but this is much more intense and higher volume.
I currently weigh around 98kg, I've been sat around that weight for a while now and since starting the new program just before Christmas I have dropped from about 19/20% body fat to around 15%, but remained the same weight. I gain muscle (and fat) relatively easily. I am currently eating around 5000/5500 kcals a day.
My coach spoke to me yesterday about improving my power:weight ratio and reducing weight in the boat, by mainly dropping my weight down to under 90kg and preferably around 85kg.
Now I literally have no idea how to go about this. He has suggested cutting carbs after training in the evening which I'm going to do but I'm just worried about now not eating enough with all the training I'm doing.
Does anyone have any advice? or is it a case of trial and error and finding the line where I'm losing weight but still eating enough to train? I also don't see how I'm going to not keep putting on muscle and just continuing to reduce BF% whilst remaining the same weight?
Sorry for the long post
Ta in advance
Hi all,
Just wanted to ask for some advice regarding how I can change my nutrition to achieve where I want to be.
Bit of background - I have been rowing at uni the past 3 years, and since Christmas we (senior mens team) have been lucky enough to have been given a training program, and receive coaching from a GB coach. We currently train 15 times a week, morning water session 16km, ~90 minutes steady state (we call it UT2 training 59%-67% of HR max), followed by a UT1 12km or 18km ergo (67-75% of HR max), followed by a weights session. We do this everyday bar Sunday which is our rest day, and wednesday where we only have two sessions (Thursday and Saturday we also do no have weights).
This amount of training has been a massive step up over what we used to be doing, we used to do a reasonable amount (maybe 6/7 times a week) but this is much more intense and higher volume.
I currently weigh around 98kg, I've been sat around that weight for a while now and since starting the new program just before Christmas I have dropped from about 19/20% body fat to around 15%, but remained the same weight. I gain muscle (and fat) relatively easily. I am currently eating around 5000/5500 kcals a day.
My coach spoke to me yesterday about improving my power:weight ratio and reducing weight in the boat, by mainly dropping my weight down to under 90kg and preferably around 85kg.
Now I literally have no idea how to go about this. He has suggested cutting carbs after training in the evening which I'm going to do but I'm just worried about now not eating enough with all the training I'm doing.
Does anyone have any advice? or is it a case of trial and error and finding the line where I'm losing weight but still eating enough to train? I also don't see how I'm going to not keep putting on muscle and just continuing to reduce BF% whilst remaining the same weight?
Sorry for the long post
Ta in advance