Cut and Heal: my HST journal

[Guinness5.0]

For some reason, the first thing I thought of when I saw the first pic was a BBer doing "Camera Squeezes" because Flex said it would target his inner pecs.

Very good call on tracking progress with pictures. If you don't already have one, I'd recommend investing in a BF caliper (AccuMeasure makes a good digital one). Between that, a scale (obviously) and some solid photodocumentation, you should be able to judge fat/muscle loss with quite a bit of accuracy and fine-tune your diet/training accordingly.

LOL at camera squeezes. I could see some numbnuts doing them!

I have some calipers but I can't seem to get repeatable readings from them. Plus I'm pretty much on my own for this so I'm not able to measure as many sites as I'd like to.

I've tape-measured my belly, my waist, my shoulders and arms for tracking (I got this great tape measure called Myotape and I hihgly recommend it). Between those areas, the scale and the pics I should be able to see where I'm going .

 

[Cynical Simian]

Check out the Fat Track Gold by AccuMeasure. It only requires three sites (chest, stomach, thigh). Calipers aren't always reliable for absolute accuracy, but once you get a bit of practice and are consistent with your sites, they're excellent for tracking relative changes.

 

[blut wump]

I got a set of calipers from Ironmind for $20. Take a search on Google for multi-point fat tests.

To save you all the labour here's one I found earlier:
http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/magazine/ultimatebodyfattestingguide.htm

 

[anotherbutters]

Didn't you call me fat pants in another thread the other day?

Looking forward to seeing your progress G5.0. Just a question though - why bother with calipers? Your changes ought to be pretty obvious to the eye and isn't tracking your weight going to give you a weekly indication of progress?

 

[Guinness5.0]

Didn't you call me fat pants in another thread the other day?

Looking forward to seeing your progress G5.0. Just a question though - why bother with calipers? Your changes ought to be pretty obvious to the eye and isn't tracking your weight going to give you a weekly indication of progress?

I don't think that was me... I suggested tapering the cals down though. Cutting from 20% is not going to be fun .

I'm not messing with calipers. Like I said, measurements, the scale and the mirror are enough for me. The bf% number is nice to know but not necessary. I just threw out 10% as a goal but really I should choose a decrease in belly circumference to shoot for.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Didn't you call me fat pants in another thread the other day?

That was me

And I didn't call YOU 'fat pants', I called the pants that one has to buy to accomodate bulking 'fat pants'

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

You look thick, guinness. I'm guessing you're standing up straight in the pictures, only because you don't seem to have much pectoral mass, yet you're thick all over. I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but people will have more "man-cleavage" when they're standing with improper posture. Not even horribly pronounced, slouching entirely forward but just standing without shoulders pulled back. Once you pull them back, you need a whole lot more mass to make your chest look "swole". Either way, you look good.

 

[Guinness5.0]

You look thick, guinness. I'm guessing you're standing up straight in the pictures, only because you don't seem to have much pectoral mass, yet you're thick all over. .

My chest and bis are my worst parts aesthetically. Thanks a lot mom and dad .

In the first pic I'm just a bit hunched over but all the others are fully upright (evolution at its pinnacle )

 

[Anthrax Invasion]

I got lucky with my chest - I have a naturally barrel-shaped chest. My arms are lacking, though. My legs, on the other hand, dominate.

 

[anotherbutters]

And I didn't call YOU 'fat pants', I called the pants that one has to buy to accomodate bulking 'fat pants'

Trying to wriggle out if it now then?