Basically, I have a naturally a bit heavier frame than lots of guys I see figure skating, especially singles freestyle. I'm 5'9, 195lbs at 17-20% bodyfat (I've not gotten it checked lately.) Before I started skating, I was 215lbs (was 230lbs a year or so prior though), and after 4 months of skating and some other aerobic exercise, I got down to 180, but probably at the same bodyfat as I am now (so my fat free weight would have been in the neighborhood of 150.) Now I'm hovering at 195 or so after some weightlifting, I'd like to drop down to 180 and be in the neighborhood of 10% bodyfat. But I notice, like take a skater like Johnny Wier, he's my height and 130lbs. It seems as the sometypes go
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatotype_and_constitutional_psychology#The_three_types, I fit more into the meso-endomorph category, and most figure skaters, both male and female I've seen, fit more into the ectomorph category.
But yeah, one issue is, can bigger framed people do well figure skating? I don't see too many bigger framed people that figure skate (mind you my proportions seem about perfect for hockey, heh,) though I do see a few. Are you just sorta doomed to lower performance due to having a bigger frame? Maybe in pairs or ice dancing it'd be sorta beneficial as a male? But yeah, can anyone tell me any figure skaters that are bigger framed, either male or female? Does anyone have personal experience being bigger framed?
I mean I do plan to cut weight somewhat, but it seems 180 or 170s would be about the safest I could go to without losing muscle mass and thus strength. And I already can be a bit on the verge of disordered eating with some diet things I try (mind you I stop when I see they're not working.) But I would like to cut a little bit of fat for aesthetic and performance reasons, but when a lot of people meet me, they're like "You're 195lbs, I'd have never guessed." So maybe there's a bit of body dysmorphia going on, too, from being fat for most of my adolescence.
So yeah, eating, bodyweight, what's everyone's take on this? Thanks!