Core Commit to Health & Fitness 2017, 1st Round: Jan-Feb

rcjordan · January 02, 2017, 02:20:14 PM

172

buckworks · January 02, 2017, 06:34:52 PM

-93

Travoli · January 02, 2017, 06:46:38 PM

I'm in for this round.

littleman · January 02, 2017, 08:06:47 PM

Whoa, this is very cool! RC, you taking the lead?! Nice to see Travoli & Buckworks posting in here too.

>-93

That's very impressive! I still would love to see some progress pics form you Buchworks, but I understand that sometimes it is hard to do.

>172

Good disciplines there RC, considering we just came out of the Holiday season.
(I am so happy it is over!)

I am in for 4/4 like usual, still doing low carb and I am working on adding more muscle while tightening up at the same time. My goal (restating, just to make sure I am on the hook) is to be around 200lbs. at the end of the year and 12-15% body fat.

rcjordan · January 02, 2017, 09:22:38 PM

>you taking the lead

No, but I'm a fair hand at starting a thread.

>discipline

The BIG Steak & Black Coffee Diet! Watch for it in paperback!

ergophobe · January 02, 2017, 11:38:32 PM

Good job everyone!

In terms of fitness, my main goals for 2017 are to put some muscle back on.

LM - how are you measuring body fat?

I have one of those BF scales, but I think it's fairly inaccurate and highly dependent on the settings. If I tell the scale I'm 49, it says I'm 7% fat (I wish, but not by a long shot), but if I say I'm 53, it says I'm 17% bodyfat (possibly true, but I think that is a bit high). I will say it is consistent - if I feel like I'm putting on fat, the scale will let me know. So I think it's accurate in a relative sense and gives a sense of how good/bad I've been. But so does a mirror!

littleman · January 02, 2017, 11:42:55 PM

I am using one of those hand-held gizmos. Yes, I think it is inaccurate too, but it does seem to be consistent in its inaccuracy -- meaning it seems to be consistent in the numbers it gives me so that I can use it as a gauge of how I am doing. The numbers it gives me seems to be directly correlated to the amount of pudge in my middle.

Rupert · January 03, 2017, 10:38:06 AM

Aiming for 4 a week again. Ideally still a minimum of a swim a cycle a run and a good game of tennis.

seem to be managing short runs in the morning at the mo, so that's good, and I might be able to do better!

Drastic · January 03, 2017, 06:01:03 PM

Back at it this time, just got super busy on the last round with work.

Looking to ramp up to 5/wk. 3 this week, 4 next and then 5 on out.

ergophobe · January 03, 2017, 06:47:28 PM

Quote from: littleman on January 02, 2017, 11:42:55 PM
I am using one of those hand-held gizmos. Yes, I think it is inaccurate too, but it does seem to be consistent in its inaccuracy -- meaning it seems to be consistent in the numbers it gives me so that I can use it as a gauge of how I am doing. The numbers it gives me seems to be directly correlated to the amount of pudge in my middle.

Funny - I tried one of the handhelds for a while and I felt my pudge going up and down and could see it, but that damn thing never budged. If I measured under the same conditions, I got the same results for a year and I guarantee there was some change in body composition. But if I used it right before and right after a workout, for example, it would fluctuate by 5% or more.

That was probably 10 years ago though, so I'm guessing your handheld is more similar to my scale than my handheld was to your handheld.

nffc · January 04, 2017, 12:04:44 AM

I'm down to 75.9 kilo, just under the 168 llb super middle weight limit, that's 9kg down in just over a year. Lowest I've been is 73kg (161) but I start to look way too skinny at that.

Going to try the impossible and keep weight steady and replace 4kg of fat with muscle, should get me somewhere near sub 12% BF. We can all dream!

rcjordan · January 04, 2017, 12:12:04 AM

> look way too skinny

The idea of what constitutes a modern body image is evolving to fit what people see all the time; which is a lot of fat people.

At 170-173, I get "have you been sick?", "gaunt", "too skinny" comments sometimes.

>73kg

Go for it. In VN, you'll still be fat.

buckworks · January 04, 2017, 01:10:44 AM

>> In VN, you'll still be fat.

When I travelled in VN, local people wanted to have their pictures taken with me. For good luck!!!

They interpreted body fat as evidence that one was rich and had been blessed in life.

littleman · January 04, 2017, 01:53:46 AM

Nice work Mark. Do you find it hard to eat low carb in VN? I mean, both rice and noodles are a staple there.

ergophobe · January 04, 2017, 02:28:41 AM

Quote from: buckworks on January 04, 2017, 01:10:44 AM
They interpreted body fat as evidence that one was rich and had been blessed in life.

And having met Marcel and heard stories of the grandkids and all that, I think it's fair to say they were right to think so ;-)