Body Weight, Body Fat, Waist Line….What Matters?
October 21, 2009 | 3 Comments
No matter what your goals are for you and your body, it is of the utmost importance that you track how your body is changing. Unfortunately in the case of weight loss most people only track the readings on the scale. As time goes on I am more and more convinced that this is a huge mistake. The numbers on the scale really give you little information about what is going on in your body because everything is equal – muscle, fat, and water weight.
It is really important to track several different markers of change in your body so that you can have an accurate picture of what is going on in your system. I have a whole presentation on this topic but for today here is a short 1-2 minute summary video covering the different aspects of change that you can/should monitor and measure.
…and please throw out the scales that ‘measure’ bodyfat percentage. They are garbage.
Monitoring your progress is all about moving towards a goal. This is the goal setting/tracking system that I use – Click here to learn about it.
How do you track your weight loss or muscle building progress? Post a comment below to let me know.
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Mike,
Do you know anything about something called the Bodymetrix BX 2000 by Intelametrix?
Supposedly it uses ultrasound for testing body composition and is potentially as accurate, if not even more so, as a highly-skilled (many hours of testing) person taking caliper measurements. On top of that, it is touted as being the best measurement you can get short of using the expensive and rather impractical "gold standards" like DEXA or hydrostatic weighing. But this is according to the company selling the item, so it is difficult to discern what is spot on and what may be nothing more than advertising hyperbole.
As a trainer, a high-tech and very accurate gadget would be an extra tool for marketing one's services, but I wanted to check with a respected and very knowledgeable expert like you before looking into it more seriously.
If the BX 2000 is the real deal, it would seem to have the potential to distinguish very accurately (in terms of real-world results) the muscle built during a program, fat lost, and also be able to easily distinguish between hydration level changes as opposed to muscle gain/fat loss. And on top of that, visceral fat can also be tracked, which is obviously not applicable to caliper measurements (although I suppose you could use tape measurements and waist-to-hip ration for getting a rough idea of such a change).
Lastly, more accurate detection of changes in hydration level would seem ideal for tracking pre-menopausal female clients who often have to deal with extreme shifts in water balance during their cycles and are often left needing to track things once a month or compare the same week within different cycles.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you for your time!
http://intelametrix.com/Technology/Index.htm
Mikes Goal seeting Goal getting strategy is awesome people.
Started my magic hundred journey 4 days ago & am already starting to move towards my goals @ a rapid rate.
Go have a happy life
I agree that scales are highly over rated! While they do provide a general road map , there are just a lot of every day things that can tell you you are making progress, like the way clothes fit, or look, or the comments you receive from people around you, but most of all the way you actually feel! We have been programmed to consult the scale, but as a new power lifter, I see the fluctuaions and how distorted your thinking can be if that was the only measure you considered.