Measurements

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/11/19, 07:44 PM Can someone settle this argument my wife and I ALWAYS have? Question is: When I measure myself, should I be flexed or relaxed? ---------------------------- To change it, or to create it, simply train it! Ivan

dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2002/11/19, 07:54 PM flexed dude, always flexed. lol Same for caliper (% body fat) measurements.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/11/19, 08:07 PM I WIN THANKYOU VERYMUCH! Solves that one. -------------- To change it, or to create it, simply train it! Ivan
mandre Posts: 212 Joined: 2002/04/23	2002/11/19, 08:44 PM LOL ok LMAO Savor the moment. :) ROFLMAO :) Melissa -------------- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. - -- Aristotle
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/11/19, 09:04 PM Well,I would have to disagree with that answer. Hasn't there been times when you have a better pump than others? If you take a measurement relaxed, same time each time,will give you truer readings. Also, never do the calipers after your workout! Before is much better. You will be tighter of course after the workout, and again not a true reading.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/11/19, 10:08 PM Im not really concerned about the calipers, but more the measurements. Thanks for the input bb1fit. I wont let my wife read this one! Wheres the erase key?? -------------- To change it, or to create it, simply train it! Ivan
dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2002/11/20, 08:01 AM Agree bb1 but, I was thinking that if one wanted the best absolute biggest measurement, I would think immediately after a workout would be the best. The muscles are full of blood and are more easily constricted. I guess that would be the best thing for one's own personal morale. However, for a true reading for measuring progess, bb1 is right on the money. Agreed carivan, erase these posts. lmaoooo DP
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/11/20, 10:14 AM I see your point DP and it is a normal thought. You feel full and big right after training. But I know there are days when I can get such a pump it feels like the bicep is going to explode, then others where no matter what I do I just don't "feel" it. I was also taught when I first did my certification training on the caliper measurements. You guys should share the"winnings", and don't tell your wife!! (depending on what the bet was for though!) LOL..
dpking44 Posts: 470 Joined: 2002/08/07	2002/11/20, 10:26 AM Agreed bb1. lol @ share the winnings. lmao
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/11/20, 04:13 PM Thanks alot gentlemen! -------------- To change it, or to create it, simply train it! Ivan
ltroisi Posts: 764 Joined: 2001/11/06	2002/11/21, 12:00 AM Yep, relaxed, first thing in the morning before drink and food. -------------- There is no substitute for hard work.... Leslie