Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 383, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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discrepencies with scales and BF analyze

London
London
Posts: 176
Joined: 2003/01/10
United States
2003/07/02, 12:02 PM
Just to see if how much water i'd lose while jogging I weighed myself before and after. I gained 1/2 a pound while running. Is that odd or what?

I also measured my bodyfat with a hand held analyzer before and after to see if it made a difference. I was at 11% before running and 11.7% after. I wonder what causes these discrepencies, anyone know?

I know we shouldn't be checking the scale all the time, but like I said I was doing just to see how much water I'd lost etc.. for fun. I didn't expect it to go up though! haha
azredhead57
azredhead57
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Joined: 2003/04/11
United States
2003/07/02, 06:32 PM
It doesn't sound odd to me. I imagine as our muscles warm up and increase in size they add a little. I drink a lot of water too and being hydrated plumps up your skin I think. I could be very wrong so others feel free to correct me. I know I just feel heavier after a workout and wouldn't dream of getting on the scales...lol.

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