2-17-06

[SgtSlaughter]

Nice!! Looking forward to your hydro reading average... i dont' trust calipers, or rather the morons using them at the gym.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

I'm getting dunked on Monday morning.

How'd it go?

 

[momsgettinfit]

How'd it go?

yes please do tell!

 

[*Bunny*]

Off day today. Diet is going well. Still at 236. Body fat is dropping.
My hope is to be sub 9% on Monday. That would be a good kick in the ass for motivation!!!

Yes, because we need our happy motivating slat back as well ...

 

[fbodyguy02]

nice mid section!

 

[sweed]

where did u get it done.. I know someone told me about one at BU, but i know u dont want to go that far down south just to get dunked.
how did it go man??

 

[slat1]

Got dunked this morning in Nashua NH at a place called CPTE. It cost $50. The test with calipers and then dunk you quite a few times. It was pretty wild. I never realized how uncomfortable I am under water without air. When you go under you have to blow all the air out of your lungs. You brain does not want you to do it. Each time I went under I got more and more out. I could tell I had more in me but my body would not let me force it out.
The test results are being emailed to me by tomorrow morning the latest. I will post them up when they are in.
Its kind of funny. I am all worked up wondering if all the caliper tests I have done in the past are way lower than they should have been... LOL
The guy told me the lowest he has seen is 4.1% on a runner.
They have tested bber's in the past. He said a few have been as low as 10%. I have always heard that bber's actually have more fat then you think... that calipers say 3 to 4% when it is really 7 to 8% when dunked.
Anyway. I hope I am at least below 11%. I will be very disappointed if I am higher.
I am flat as hell right now. Looks like I dropped 8lbs over the weekend too. I checked in at 228 on the scale... the horror... LOL.

 

[*Bunny*]

I have always heard that bber's actually have more fat then you think... that calipers say 3 to 4% when it is really 7 to 8% when dunked.

I'm glad that ^^ was brought up. IMO, you can't absolutely rely on a caliper reading and by no means get bent on that number, esp when you look as good as you do in your sig. There are many variables that can throw that figure off & the results can just ruin some people. It's just another data point to track your progress, but it may not always go your way.

I hope for you it does.

 

[Frisky]

I'm glad that ^^ was brought up. IMO, you can't absolutely rely on a caliper reading and by no means get bent on that number, esp when you look as good as you do in your sig. There are many variables that can throw that figure off & the results can just ruin some people. It's just another data point to track your progress, but it may not always go your way.

I hope for you it does.

ditto!

 

[Sassy69]

ITS NOT THAT THE CALIPERS ARE UNREALIABLE. They measure different things. Their accuracy is not 1000% because its a skin fold measure, even the ones the try to eliminate the water aspect of the skin fold. They ONLY measure skin fold. The BodPod / dunk tank measures your body's displacement of water - this allows you to account for internal fat as well - the stuff that is around your organs. Also it is not dependent at all on inaccuraciesi inherent in the pinch method.