After setting U.S. records at the 2010 Pan Am Games for the clean and jerk and total weight in the 85 kilogram weight class, Farris is making the trip to London.

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The average person requires about 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of weight each day, but if you are trying to gain muscle, you may want to increase the protein in this ratio to closer to 1.2 grams each day.

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Professional body builders consume up to 1.5 grams of protein per kilogram of weight each day, but unless you are spending several hours in the gym on a regular basis, this is too much for the average person trying to gain muscle.

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The American College of Sports Medicine recommends that endurance and strength training athletes consume higher levels of daily protein than the standard recommended daily allowance (i.e. 1.2-1.7 grams of protein for each kilogram of body weight, versus 0.8 grams per kilogram per day).

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In the tests, 0.15 units per kilogram of body weight produced the same response as 0.5 units of normal insulin.

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This would mean, of course, that pretty much anybody could determine the weight of a kilogram at home.

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Because of this, the actual International Prototype Kilogram (yes, there does only seem to be one in existence) is stored in a vault in Sevres, France, limiting the lay person's ability to determine the actual weight of a kilogram.

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With the weightlifting trials approaching, her main goal this week has been to shed nearly eight pounds from her 136-pound, 5-foot-3 frame to make her weight class. (At the trials, she will compete in the 58-kilogram class, which is about 127.6 pounds.) As a skeleton racer, she can afford to be a bit heavier.

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