Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Hydrostatic Test #1

I went to the gym yesterday and did both the hand held fat reader and hydrostatic weight analysis. The hand held said 16.3% body fat which is 1% less than last month, and the hydrostatic measured me at 19.5%. I also weighed in at 169 lbs. I loved doing the hydrostatic and can hardly wait to do it again in June. They have the equipment in the back of a truck, similar to a moving truck. It had two small changing rooms a big tub and some computer equipment. I was instructed to climb into the tub and get into "push up" position, then the technician placed a weight belt across my back and was told to submerge my entire body underwater and expel all the air in my lungs and wait for him to knock on the tub before I came back up. I did this a total of three times then he averages the three results for the final numbers. He said my numbers were spot on all three times. For some reason I thought the water would be cool and slightly uncomfortable but to my surprise it was nice and warm and I couldn't help but imagine it was because the other people before me had peed in it. lol, yeah I know there is something wrong with me, so I had to take a shower at the gym before I came home. The test showed that I have 136.75Lbs. of lean mass and 33.25Lbs. of fat. Now I have 3 months to see how much I can change those numbers. I'm going to do the hydrostatic every three months, the hand held every month and weigh in every week just to gauge my progress.

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