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lifting_heavy_things2012-05-28 01:09 am
lyorn) wrote in lifting_heavy_things2012-05-28 01:09 am
All things balance in the world...
After Thursdays "Yeah", today in the gym it was "meh". Or more like "WTFBBQ?".
Good things first, I managed to do the full workout 2 of NRoLfW stage 7. With weights that were one step above the pink plastic coated ones, but I managed. Probably because I was severely pissed off.
The reason for pissed-offness? I really did not expect that (at least according the the gym's body composition check) while doing stages 5 and 6, I'd lose 300g of muscle mass, nearly 200g of bone mass, and gain a f*** 2 kg of body fat, going up from about 22% to nearly 25%.
Bad thing is, I *feel* fat. So far I had thought it was just my old friend body dysmorphia coming to talk to me again. Tape measure said I gained two much-needed centimetres on my butt, which I expeced to be muscle and I can live with not fitting into last year's size four pants. (Got them at a clearance sale. No big loss.)
But now I am freaking out like, "OMFG, I'm going to gain all the weight back and have to buy all my clothes anew again and my mother will never talk to me again about anything other than how I'm a failure and a disappointment."
I should say, "It's just numbers and stupid ones at that", and I *am* wondering how the heck that machine works, where it gets its numbers from. But so far I had assumed that even if the numbers were crap, they could show a tendency. And now I think, can they? Can't they? And why do I even care?
Well, fear leads to anger and anger leads to lifting heavier... So, all things balance, except me attempting a yoga position.
But I just had to rant. And I would really love if someone could tell me some stuff to get rid of the nagging panic.
Also, kind of chin-up again today. But have to work on form. I look as if I am swimming against gravity.
edited to fix sentence structure
Good things first, I managed to do the full workout 2 of NRoLfW stage 7. With weights that were one step above the pink plastic coated ones, but I managed. Probably because I was severely pissed off.
The reason for pissed-offness? I really did not expect that (at least according the the gym's body composition check) while doing stages 5 and 6, I'd lose 300g of muscle mass, nearly 200g of bone mass, and gain a f*** 2 kg of body fat, going up from about 22% to nearly 25%.
Bad thing is, I *feel* fat. So far I had thought it was just my old friend body dysmorphia coming to talk to me again. Tape measure said I gained two much-needed centimetres on my butt, which I expeced to be muscle and I can live with not fitting into last year's size four pants. (Got them at a clearance sale. No big loss.)
But now I am freaking out like, "OMFG, I'm going to gain all the weight back and have to buy all my clothes anew again and my mother will never talk to me again about anything other than how I'm a failure and a disappointment."
I should say, "It's just numbers and stupid ones at that", and I *am* wondering how the heck that machine works, where it gets its numbers from. But so far I had assumed that even if the numbers were crap, they could show a tendency. And now I think, can they? Can't they? And why do I even care?
Well, fear leads to anger and anger leads to lifting heavier... So, all things balance, except me attempting a yoga position.
But I just had to rant. And I would really love if someone could tell me some stuff to get rid of the nagging panic.
Also, kind of chin-up again today. But have to work on form. I look as if I am swimming against gravity.
edited to fix sentence structure
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The gold standard is called DEXA in the US; it's used to measure bone density primarily. Not sure what it'd be called in Germany. It's a serious medical test.
Water immersion is good but can be off if you don't empty your lungs enough (you're supposed to breathe out all air).
Skin-fold calipers really depend on the wielder. Some people are good at it, some it so much.
Circumference measurements, bio-impedance, and basically anything easy are all crap. At best, they might show trends if you're careful to control conditions, but it's really iffy.
Visual inspection by someone skilled and practiced can also be good, but they're not necessarily easy to find.
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