I’ve always been on the larger side -typically in the 215-220 range but last spring I found myself pushing 225-230 and decided to make a change. I just started tracking my calorie intake vs expenditures. No nutrition, no additional exercise(besides foiling), just calories in and calories out on an app on my phone. It feels like the lamest thing in the world but it’s EASY.
4 months in and I’m down 30 lbs. it’s making a huge difference in my foiling. I’m sending more runs longer. Ripping harder on smaller foils. I feel great and it was a pretty easy change.
Started foiling a year ago at 220lbs->200lbs over the course of that year following calorie deficit.
I think the biggest thing ive noticed is the pushback on front foot pressure while pumping. Hard to say if i noticed it during weight loss/technique/or both…
But significantly different when im 95kg and 90kg right now. Currently at 88kg
Ive been riding a 950cm² sk8 during this time, while going shorter with the fuse at xxxs180 chopped to 12.5cm for the stabilizer.
Also riding a waterlogged Amos nano 3ft10. Mainly beach breaks.
The pushback on the front foot, as well as the calmness while pumping makes me feel like the weight loss allows for more glide.
I dropped about 20lbs when I started foiling. I had to put the beers down because there wasn’t enough money to buy foils and buy beer. So almost 2 years later I feel pretty dang good. That intermittent fasting stuff works too! I can’t imagine pumping around that extra 20lbs of chunk.
I dropped from 205 to 185 when I started foiling about 2 years ago. But years of kiting, windsurf and surf and back then I was always at 165. I’ve been aiming to get to 175 but it hasn’t been easy. I seem to get stuck around 182. The one thing I’ve found is that it’s actually really easy to drop gross excess weight. Once you get to close to your ideal weight it’s much harder to drop any further. At 5’10" I feel I should be able to get top 175. I do workout besides foiling, a few times of week (cardio and weights).
I’m not a fan of unsolicited exercise advice, so just throwing it out there. If you’re already getting a lot of pumping sprints in by foiling regularly, I’d ditch the extra cardio altogether and focus on the weights. Muscle is hungry and needs fuel even when you’re not exercising.
I’ve been thinking of changing my sign on to TooMuch Icecream… muscle via weights, and stretching is good, especially when you hit middle age and the normal cardio becomes less explosive; ie, walking and bike riding etc that lean you out, and leave you stiff. 10 pounds is a huge impact on foiling, 30 must be a whole new quiver of foils!