Sarah in SC
Moderator Emeritus
Super cool on joining Curves, Fireup--I joined once before, but just didn't want "it" bad enough to go as often as I should have, but it is a good start to getting into shape.
Dangermouse, some weeks it is the not-gaining that matters--I've hit some major plateaus over the last six months and understand! Weight training is awesome, and makes me feel strong!
ESRBob, that is awesome, but you shouldn't have starved to reach it--not that I won't do the same thing when I get a couple of pounds closer to goal weight.
I wanted to share my experience with the Bod Pod body fat/body composition testing done on Friday.
We had the test done at The Citadel here in Charleston, for $40 each. You need to have a tight-fitting lycra bathing suit, they provide a swim cap. Men can borrow their lycra shorts for the test. It started with height & weight check (did I get shorter?) and then the machine is calibrated before you enter. Those of you old enough to remember Mork and Mindy--the egg looks just like the one Robin Williams had! It takes 3 minutes inside the egg (which has a big window, so no claustraphobia).
The results were interesting: I purchased digital calipers to test with originally, which our trainer used to test us. The calipers registered a 30% BF for me, and the Bod Pod registered the same 30% BF. But on my husband (who has chicken legs that must have "thrown off" the 3 site skinfold test), the calipers had registered a hard-to-believe 13%. The Bod Pod registered 18%BF for him, a more believable number.
We will do a follow up in 6 months, hoping to drop 5% in that time. It was worthwhile to have a proper benchmark from which to operate--not unlike knowing your starting weight and then measuring as you lose weight. The science is much more appealing than the simplistic BMI numbers, which don't account for how much lean v/s fat you have.
Sarah
Dangermouse, some weeks it is the not-gaining that matters--I've hit some major plateaus over the last six months and understand! Weight training is awesome, and makes me feel strong!
ESRBob, that is awesome, but you shouldn't have starved to reach it--not that I won't do the same thing when I get a couple of pounds closer to goal weight.
I wanted to share my experience with the Bod Pod body fat/body composition testing done on Friday.
We had the test done at The Citadel here in Charleston, for $40 each. You need to have a tight-fitting lycra bathing suit, they provide a swim cap. Men can borrow their lycra shorts for the test. It started with height & weight check (did I get shorter?) and then the machine is calibrated before you enter. Those of you old enough to remember Mork and Mindy--the egg looks just like the one Robin Williams had! It takes 3 minutes inside the egg (which has a big window, so no claustraphobia).
The results were interesting: I purchased digital calipers to test with originally, which our trainer used to test us. The calipers registered a 30% BF for me, and the Bod Pod registered the same 30% BF. But on my husband (who has chicken legs that must have "thrown off" the 3 site skinfold test), the calipers had registered a hard-to-believe 13%. The Bod Pod registered 18%BF for him, a more believable number.
We will do a follow up in 6 months, hoping to drop 5% in that time. It was worthwhile to have a proper benchmark from which to operate--not unlike knowing your starting weight and then measuring as you lose weight. The science is much more appealing than the simplistic BMI numbers, which don't account for how much lean v/s fat you have.
Sarah