Apolo Ohno had to intentionally lose excess muscle mass not specifically derived from his sport, potentially generated from weight training like deadlifts and cleans.

“I had to go catabolic I had to lose excess muscle mass that wasn't being specifically derived from the sport and perhaps was being generated from the weight training that we were doing whether it was deadlifts with those poles with her I mean there was no more I mean in 2019 1999 we were still doing bench press right it's a part of our book weight training program that's got that makes no sense in gender so even those cleans really I mean you could argue there was obviously an explosive benefit millions two and a half to three pounds there probably an upper body mass right that you just don't necessarily need now”