Racing Weight

Lifelong nonexercisers are often ashamed of their bodies and convinced they cannot accomplish anything positive with them.

anything you do as an athlete that helps you perform better is likely to make you leaner as well

Gaining fitness moves this crossover point upward, but losing body fat does too, independent of gains in fitness.

a runner weighing 160 pounds has to muster about 6.5 percent more energy to run the same pace as a runner weighing 150 pounds.