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I got a new scale, one that measures your body fat and hydration level. I was prety astonished when it told me that I have 17.2% body fat. Thing is I couldn't figure out where it was. I don't have any fat on my legs, or arms for that matter. And I only have a thin vaneer of fat on my stomach. So where is it?
Well after sparring it dropped to 16.4, and it told me I lost three pounds so whatever. Anyway, in the past few weeks I've been focusing on building muscle and I think It's starting to pay off. That web site pacrappa posted has been awesome too. My only problem is I don't really have a regimented workout of any kind. So any recommendations for things I should do every day/every workout?
First of all, BF% scales through biometric impedence (I think that's what it is...basically just taking a current through your body to see where the muscle/fat is as muscle is a great conductor because it's mostly water and fat is not because it's mostly fat) are almost always garbage. I said this in another thread. What you eat and drink over the course of a day can make that thing go a few percentage points either way. Another thing is that most people are typically fatter than they think they are. Not necessarily in a bad way, it's just that you can be positively ripped at 10% if your physique is a certain way. So if you're 150 pounds, another 7% is "only" 10 pounds. Would you believe that you'd be ripped if you lost 10 pounds of fat from ALL over your body? If so, you might be 17%. Also remember that there is fat around all the organs in your body. Top-shape bodybuilders in a competition will probably register 3-4%, and those are the ones that do it through steroids. A natural competitor is probably going to be 5-6%.
If you really care about that sort of thing, spend the 20 dollars on a decent set of calipers and measure your skinfolds. Even if no formula you can find accurately gives you your BF%, you can still look at the trend line week to week (assuming you are consistent with measurement location)...if it goes down, congratulations, you are losing body fat.
As for a routine, if it's a weight routine you want (and everyone should have something that uses muscles like that), just go for a different group/groups on different days. So you can do chest, back, rest, legs, shoulders, rest, rest with cardio after your weights. Biceps and forearms will be used every day anyway. It gives each part a week to repair itself (although they will be used as secondary muscles many times). Put abs on two of the weight days because they are muscless too and shouldn't be treated as a "well, I will do this for 5 minutes and nothing else but cardio" kind of thing. And since you should be tightening them on your lifts anyway (remember, if you aren't going after the most weight, you might as well get good form, right?), they'll get more than enough work.
But even with all that, if you're just starting out, you could do literally anything and get good improvement. You could lift every part every day and still get better. It's not like there weren't any muscular people pre-1950. No one did any of this stuff back then.
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If you really care about that sort of thing, spend the 20 dollars on a decent set of calipers and measure your skinfolds.
And I'm going to go with your idea of splitting it up. As I've been trying to so everything at one time, and I'm really, really, tired as a result.
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McDonalds weight loss plan.
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He lost weight by eating salads, chicken wraps, and apples? No shit? Thats fucking astonishing.
I guess the jelly bean and lard diet didn't do the trick. Strange.
Well I didn't exactly say it was cheeseburgers and Big Macs.
Don't come back until you find a diet like that. You're done here, GTFO.