Schwarzennegger struggles against fat these days as he's getting on in years. He made an appearance at the tour de France last year to support Armstrong and was in much better shape due to the film he was making at the time.
I heard of a Brit who trained with Arnie back in the early seventies and the odd thing was he trained really really fast, using lighter weights, high reps and supersets. I mean, jet fast! The guy who trained with him actually threw up due to the speed and pace of the session (chest and legs being trained together via supersets).
Stallone was pretty fat in the first Rocky film but he was quite lean for Rocky Four. Ironically, the guy who trained him was Franco Columbo, Arnie's old training partner from Italy and a former boxing champion. I think Stallone was really lean at the time when he starred with Sharon Stone (what was the film?) but he had help from his personal trainer.
I agree it's best to get rid of any fat, especially in cycling.
I heard of a Brit who trained with Arnie back in the early seventies and the odd thing was he trained really really fast, using lighter weights, high reps and supersets. I mean, jet fast! The guy who trained with him actually threw up due to the speed and pace of the session (chest and legs being trained together via supersets).
Stallone was pretty fat in the first Rocky film but he was quite lean for Rocky Four. Ironically, the guy who trained him was Franco Columbo, Arnie's old training partner from Italy and a former boxing champion. I think Stallone was really lean at the time when he starred with Sharon Stone (what was the film?) but he had help from his personal trainer.
I agree it's best to get rid of any fat, especially in cycling.
Originally posted by armchair_spacem
Mate, don't get too hung up on BMI. While it's OK for Joe Average (who I have yet to meet) if you're out of the norm it becomes a bit meaningless. According to BMI measures Schwarzenegger is "morbidly obese", Stallone is "obese" and so is Mel Gibson.
I'm 6'2" and about 125kg and have been much bigger (was over 300lb last july). I look ridiculous on a biker but I can mix it up with a few of the local bunches and raise a few eyebrows in "friendly" sprints. "Ideal" BMI would put me at 69kg - I haven't weighed that since I was 14. Playing weight in my football days was around 95.
I've had some pretty sophisticated (and expensive) body composition analysis done and 10% body fat, given current lean mass would put me at about 95kg. I'll never be a 70kg whippet, but I don't care.