Posted on Jul 29, 2010 in 40 Things
So I’ve been a Gym member for 2 weeks and 2 days now.
I’ve signed up a for some Personal Trainer sessions at the Gym as there is an offer on these at the moment. The offer is, If I visit the Gym 20 times in my first 8 weeks, I will get these sessions for free. I’ve already visited eight times in just over two weeks.
Part of this Person Trainer session is getting a health check. The health check was quiet interesting, it turns out I’m in ok shape at the moment. You remember on the last post when I said I was going to focusing on my Body Fat Percentage. My Body Fat Goal on 40 things to do before I’m 40 is to get my body fat down to 15%. I’ve been measuring Body Fat using my cheap little body fat reader I’ve got. When I started the diet it was just over 25%. The week before I started the Gym the little body fat reader said I was down to just over 20%. However when I got my Body Fat measured properly during a health check at the gym, it was measured at a meagre 15.5%, which was a massive surprise. So I’ve almost inadvertently hit my Body fat goal for 40 things already.
The plan now, is to start putting on more weigh and build a bit of muscle. Lets see how that goes…
That’s some awesome progress you’ve made. It’s a tricky balance putting on weight and increasing muscle. About that picture you posted… I would have to say 15% doesn’t look drastically different from 8%, pretty much toned muscles is what does it.
Cheers!
its the low body fat that shows muscle off
there is no such thing as “tone”
Low body fat doesnt necessarily mean you’ll look in shape or well defined muscled, however. Many believe if they just get to low body fat that is all they need. They may just end up looking skinny. Many of the classic body builders were as high as 20% body fat, but they also had more muscle def. and weighed more so that 20% at a higher weight meant more muscle weight.
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