Well, it's Monday morning here and I feel pretty darn good! No particular reason...just told myself this morning as I got out of bed that today is going to be a good day! How about you? Did you wake up and say "I'm going to enjoy today, just because"? If you didn't, why not? Do it now! Say it...I'M GOING TO HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY!
Feel better? :-)
So-I did measurements this weekend-no major changes down a tad from 18% to 17.4%...so that's good. I'm doing a 4 spot skin fold calculation from this website; it's the Jackson/Pollock 4 Caliper Method. I was down in all my measures except abdominal, which actually went up. But, that's ok-we all know how the caliper tests can vary-John may not have pinched the exact spot as last time. I'm so far out from my comps still-I'm not worried about it. I am quite happy with where I am at in the mirror. I don't want to lose too much right now-I would be a toothpick by the time comp rolls around!
Had a great shoulder workout w/John Saturday-but might have overdone it all a bit last week as that clavicle thing was acting up quite a bit yesterday. I iced it and will do so again today a couple of times then go light Tuesday & Thursday to give it a bit of a break before heavy Saturday. It looks like this is something I'm just going to have to work around for the rest of my life. I'm firmly convinced that it's due to my scoliosis...since my body is out of whack, one side (my right side) is overcompensating heaps...just doing too much work-compared to the left side-and is, of course, rebelling. I can't change the scoliosis, obviously-so just have to change my training a bit. No biggie! Carrying on!
How about you? Have you run into stumbling blocks along your fitness journey? Did you just give up and throw in the towel, or work around the troublesome bits?
It's been said many times before; we can't always control what happens to us-but we can control how we choose to deal with what happens to us. It's all in the mind! And of course-if we look around-and you don't have to look far-we see that our problems are so small and insignificant compared to many others in the world-we should just shut up and get on with enjoying our own lives as they are; and of course help out those who are TRULY in need.
Oops-getting off of my soap box now...how did that happen? LOL!
Have a great week everyone!
Ciao for now!
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2 comments:
after my month long break i just started to run in the morning again. i woke up listing to some really old classics. and then i was on my way. 30 mins. thats all i did. i guess today might roll on in a nice way. :).. i really need to try this body fat calcualtion technique.. how accurate is it??
Hi Nitin!
As with any skinfold measures-it's all in the hands of the person doing the measures...and really the only true body fat measure would be the "in water" (Hydrodensitometry Weighing) method-but most of us don't have acccess to that...LOL This is probably the next best thing. The page I have a link to has multiple different calculations-that's why I like the site.
I couldn't say how accurate it is since I don't have anything else (like the water method) to compare it to...but as long as you stick to the same sites each time-it should give you a pretty good idea of your progress!
cheers!
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