Wensleydale, I said at post #4
Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
If I lose 10lbs then that in no good but if I improve by a minute then I move up a grade.
The answer is for couch potatoes to move faster and not lose weight!
That of course is simplistic. If I change gender, which of course is more difficult, then passing becomes easy.
But I imagine the lose weight aspect is really to get a lower heart beat as you are doing less work.