Debunk this!

[blackmike]

at the gym today, i was weighing myself (239lbs) when a girl whom i have spoken with a few times (shes a trainer...) comes up to me and says "you shouldnt weigh yourself during or after lifting" something about being heavier because of producing more blood and muscles retaining water. i said "if there is nothing coming IN OR OUT of my body, my weight will not change" obviously i would weigh more if i was chugging water during my lift, but i hadnt even had a sip. she didnt buy what i was saying and i wanted to beat her mercilessly...
has anyone ever heard anything about this terrible theory?

 

[JumpBallWinner]

I always weigh less after a workout, I guess from the sweat lost.

My best friend plays IA football and they started camp Monday, he called to tell me that he weighed 11lbs less that evening after all the practices and workouts than he did that morning.

I remember the ridiculous thing people used to say about weighing less in the morning because gravity hadn't had as much time to start pulling on the body yet. Lol.... I guess there is no gravity while you're on a bed....

 

[blackmike]

I always weigh less after a workout, I guess from the sweat lost.

My best friend plays IA football and they started camp Monday, he called to tell me that he weighed 11lbs less that evening after all the practices and workouts than he did that morning.

I remember the ridiculous thing people used to say about weighing less in the morning because gravity hadn't had as much time to start pulling on the body yet. Lol.... I guess there is no gravity while you're on a bed....

lol thats funny. yeah i am a former Div1 college wrestler and it was common for me to drop 12lbs per practice. comes right back once you get some fluids in you though...
Different story to say you will weigh more from lifting weights.

 

[needtogetarmy]

That is a stupid theory. You cannot weight more just because you are lifting weights. Nothing is going in you. If anything, you sweat, and will weight less after the workout.

One thing I can't figure out is why I weight 5lbs less in the morning than in the evening. I have on numerous occasions weighed myself before bed and I am always 4-5lbs less in the morning.

 

[mrplunkey]

You do lose a reasonable amount of water from evaporation on your skin and breathing.

Remember that air enters your lungs at ordinary room humidity and leaves them near saturated with water. We're kinda squishy on the inside, after all.

 

[mrplunkey]

Ounces during a workout tho... certainly not pounds.

Could add-up overnight though if you sleep in a cold room and have dry air.

 

[SaladFork]

She is flirting with you bro~

 

[mrplunkey]

Gah! I almost forgot.

She's cheating on you.

 

[Jocques Straap]

She obviously has no idea what she is talking about.

A really good way to monitor your fluid loss during a workout is to weight yourself pre/post. If you have lost weight, you need to drink water. 1-2% loss in body weight will = a decrease in performance, physically and mentally.

Just another example of trainers being under qualified.