Just the sort of interesting assumption we should challenge! As a non-skier, I question if you've been working on the right assumption, as if you were right, and a heavier body slid down slippy surfaces faster, wouldn't I see loads of porkers winning the downhills, or extra-wide bobsleighs filled with the Golightlys cleaning up the medals?



I can see how if you just want to point in a straight line and go, that would work, but I don't think in general you can do that, can you? So what you gain in straight line you perhaps lose in having to change the vector of a heavier mass when zig-zagging or, in the case of a bob, going round bends?



And back to straight lines, why no 25 stone ski jumpers? If a heavy jumper could achieve a higher take-off speed, it's all surely down to gravity after that, and wouldn't a huge bloke jump further due to being better able to overcome forward air resistance?



Yet my all time ski jump hero (well, after Eddie the Eagle) Adam Małysz is only about 5'7" and looks like he'd be 9 stone wet through, yet he seems in his career to have been able to achieve a faster takeoff speed than most?



[url=http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/physics-of-skiing.htmlOne article about the physics of it.[/url

For what it's worth, I'd have you and take this as only the opinions someone who's a rugby coach (well, IT services salesman, RL coaching is just a hobby) and trains himself, rather than a qualified personal trainer: Your weights work to gain weight should only be 3-4 sessions a week, 45 mins per session, containing one workout that contains only squats, deadlifts and pull up, and the other containing bench presses and overhead presses. No long aerobic sessions, but perhaps a couple of 30 minute interval session if you want to maintain fitness, and just keep upping the calories and spread them out over the day.



I don't think being heavier will help you ski faster though. Downhill skiers can tend to be heftier than the slalom racers, but I think that's from the need for strong legs rather than a need to carry weight. Otherwise they'd load their kit with lead weights

for gaining muscle ive had alot of the proteins.. promax, progain, creatine etc



they do work, help but weight on and lean muscle but you need to take them 3/4 times a day and they taste gastly! and only last a month and you buy another for £35 ..not cheap



you cant stay on them every month, not good for you body, it needs a break , so you have a break and your back to square one again, ive become bored with the cycle and just eat decent meals now



plus im sure creatine messed my bladder up as i pee alot more than i used to do!



creatine was the best one for muscle but it just retains water so you pee alot and have to drink alot of water too



you cant try them but it aint cheap and becomes a chore

I'd just like to point out that my lifestyle has so far, thankfully, precluded me from this sort of discussion.

I tried T4 or T5 fat burners for 2 weeks. Whizzing my tits off is the term I'd use.



Lost 5lb though.

Speed freak.





I'm reporting you to the relevant authorities.

Im not for one minute saying that I'd gain huge speed by being a porker, but I could do to weight about 2 stone more, when I ski with my pack on (with camera's etc.) then I do get faster, but the centre of gravity is unusual so I become unstable. I never train(ed) for more than 45 minutes at a time, always did stacked reps and sets, the big issue for me is calorie intake, I eat about 800 a day, and even then I force that down, if I could find a reliable (and digestable) option that packed me 1000 calories in without impacting my ability to do the rest of my day then I'd be back in the gym tomorrow.

I know a fantastic fat burner, its easily the best out there, its called....an equation .Energy output > Energy Input.



Ignore "that bloke down the gym" who claims this magic pill will shred your bodyweight. Nothing compares to a healthy diet (your calories eaten over 5-6 small meals every 3 hours) and exercise. Period.



If, like me you dont have time to go to the gym, but do have the motivation to exercise, just ebay one of these high intensity DVDs like Insanity, P90 or George St Pierre Rush Fit. I used GSP Rush fit, 25 mins a day in the comfort of my living room and had the correct diet and I managed to shift the excess around my waist in 8 weeks leaving a nice six pack, something that running, swimming and weights failed to do over the period of a year! I did however, take the guides advice of eating the majority of my daily calories at breakfast time, something I had never done before, so maybe that was the difference, but the workouts on the DVD certainly got my heart racing and body aching, in a way my old fitness regime never did!

Only 800 a day



In that case, it's all calories rather than any exercise plan to change. I'm sure you've tried everything usually recommended: eggs, nuts, weight gain powders, full fat milk, even booze and chocolate. If you can't get a couple of thousand calories from those, then I'm out of ideas!

all weight gain powders make me **** through the eye of a needle, within 10 minutes of drinking them.

I am lactose intolerant, so milk is out

6+ eggs a day, really, you want me to never use a lift or public transport?



booze I can do, but 2,000 calories a day isn't going to leave me with a working liver.

To much emphasis on supplements these days, I have done weights for years and through experience i would recomend protein powders if you are not getting enough through diet and creatine for muscle building, forget everything else, expensive that make little difference. as far as fat burning goes, diet and exercise, if you get down to low fat levels and want to shift that last bit try a fat burner but the majority are stim based will have you buzzing a bit. Caffiene tablets are cheap if you really want a supp.

www.bootcampfoods.com/ I have done this and lost pretty much 1lb per day. Tough going, but ultimately worth it for my goals of losing a bit before holiday!

www.bootcampfoods.com/ I have done this and lost pretty much 1lb per day. Tough going, but ultimately worth it for my goals of losing a bit before holiday!