Is Dad Bod slowing you down?

Tired of working harder than your cycling mates? After overspending on a new bike, weight loss is often the male cyclists' go-to method for saving energy and reducing effort. This video explores how weight alone may not be the key anthropometric variable for mens' performance on ultra distance events.
Primary Sources (not an exhaustive list this time):
Knechtle, B., Wirth, A., Knechtle, P., Rüst, C. A., Rosemann, T., & Lepers, R. (2012). No improvement in race performance by naps in male ultra-endurance cyclists in a 600-km ultra-cycling race. The Chinese journal of physiology, 55(2), 125-133. doi.org/10.407...
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This study informed the risk of losing muscle mass during weight loss, but was not directly cited in the video. Eat your protein!:
McCarthy, D., & Berg, A. (2021). Weight Loss Strategies and the Risk of Skeletal Muscle Mass Loss. Nutrients, 13(7), 2473. doi.org/10.339...