So these show weight, body fat and muscle mass. Not sure how accurate this is though.
Today it said my weight was 148 lbs, 17.8 lbs body fat and 115.6 lbs muscle mass. Again, this scale sends electric pulses up your body when you step in it so hard to say how accurate it is.
That being said, I’ve been 150 lbs before, but more so fat and have these 31 size jeans that wouldn’t fit when I was close to that size, but I can wear those now. So in comparison to me being at this weight previously it’s definitely more good weight than it was in the past.
Those machines are good for “comparison” only. You can’t really use them as an accurate measure. They are useful though. An example: if the scales say body fat has risen from 20% to 25% over 6 months; you can confidently say “compared to 6 months ago I am carrying more fat”. The actual number become almost immaterial, its more the trend of up or down. Of course can use the mirror. However sometimes having a numerical scale to work with is helpful.
But good work BTW. It looks like progress is good and in the right direction. Being the same weight but in tighter trousers is a great indicator.
Not 100% convinced on this. I could get drastically different readings 5 mins apart just by drinking a glass of water with my old impedance scales. YMMV, obviously, but that’s been my experience.
I’ve noticed the same even with the good InBody machines at work. Same with salt. Or measuring pre- vs post-bathroom trip. The mirror is a much better yardstick to measure by.
Bodyfat legit can’t even be measured well with GOOD measurement devices. Even DEXA has a significant margin of error. The only reliable method remains autopsy. It’s really just a number not worth worrying about.
My favorite parallel for this is Stephen Hawking’s response to an interviewer asking him what his IQ was. He said “I have no idea. Only nerds care about their IQ” or something along those lines.
Indeed. The measure are not accurate. But I find the trend in the numbers useful. Even accepting of the margin of error.
Example;
I started losing weight 8 weeks ago. Depending on time of day and recent food intake the scales said I was between 35-37% body fat.
Now the scales say between 32-35%.
How much body fat do I think I’ve lost? No idea. But some. The usefulness is short lived though. The scales are saying I’m lighter and the mirror is the real gauge. But like wise I can appreciate how some people like to see a trend line. Especially someone thats new and wants confidence that the weight they are gaining is at least in part new muscle.
It’s just not a healthy thing to obsess about due to the inaccuracy.
My first attempt at benching I wasn’t in a good position and lost control after 2 reps. I decided to try again with better position. In second attempt I did three reps. Frustrated about this. I wonder if I’d benched first if it would have been better. Maybe two compound lifts is getting to be too much (at least on week 3 lifts). Deadlift was fine but I feel like I’ve hit a bit of a wall on the upper body lifts.
Weighed in at 147.8 and previous two day’s were below that. I do think I need to eat more though.
Got 9 reps on Press this time at 115 so matched my previous PR on this lift back in August. At least it wasn’t 8 reps like earlier this week.
I’m thinking of going back to the original program of pressing once and benching twice per week, since I want more practice benching. I also don’t think rotating between bench/press did much.
To be fair you have been putting in some hard work you might have expected to add a rep or two to that press over the last 65 days.
If I were to take a stab its one of 2 things;
You’re weight gain is slow. I also appreciate there is a reason behind this. But you’re gains in strength will be proportionally with your gains in mass. Not linearly of course.
Outside of this there is the consideration you are stronger. But cant demonstrate it. This is something Pwn says a lot and it makes a hell of a lot of sence.
Its also is linked with the above. You’ve gained enough strength and mass to move from 9 teps to 9.5 reps. But no one counts. 5 of a rep.
Looking at your training log you’ve added 7.5lbs to your bench since 16/08. So you are stronger. But not a whole rep stronger.
Unfortunately it comes to a point of which do you want more; gains or smaller waist size ?
No one can make that call for you. It’s a genuine lifestyle choice.
Yeah, I think the thing holding me back is my unwillingness to eat more. Three days ago my weight dropped back to 147.2 lbs. So I’ve just been see-sawing back and forth weight wise. As soon as I starting gaining I’ve been pulling back.
But I feel stuck now on lifts and feel like I can’t recover/grow on the current calories so I really have been eating since three days ago and I don’t plan to cut back like before.
I was thinking that too. I felt like maybe I could do a half rep but definitely not 10. I don’t feel like 115x9 is too bad at my age/weight. But yeah, always want to be getting stronger.
Had a bad week with kitchen issue causing me to have no sink for few days and got in the way of meal prep, etc. So weight dropped back down again. I also haven’t slept for two nights due to a new mattress I got, which I don’t like and plan to return. I was just glad I had the energy to do the workout.
I messed up the squat. I noticed I did 15 reps last time I did 152.5 lbs so I just aimed for +1 (16 reps) but I had more in the tank and should have did more reps. My strategy has been to +1 but if you have more in the tank for AMRAP it seems bad to hold back.
Although I didn’t progress on bench I was just glad I got the workout in for it considering my last bench performance was pretty bad.
This is the right attitude to have man. Do the best you can within the circumstances you have. Sometimes that means you kick ass, sometimes that means you’re just getting by.
Assistance work:
Leg curls (bench): 50 lbs: 15,15,10,10
I tweaked something in my shoulder during benching and felt off during dips so stopped. Decided just to do leg curls for accessory. Hopefully the shoulder thing clears up quickly.
