manager of the gym hasselling me about bf%

[rez]

I was weighing myself on the tantia scale and he walked passed and saw that my bf% came in at 15%. He started hasselling me saying that it was too low blah blah blah...
I dont really care about what he says, but he did say that if it goes lower I could suffer from low bone density and oesteoperosis...is this true?

 

[Candi Barr]

I had always read that exercise-induced amenorrhia was linked to bone-density problems, but some of the posters here don't seem to think so. If you still have your period I don't see what you have to worry about. The gym guy was probably just trying to show how smart he thinks he is.

 

[Sassy69]

That's sort of annoying. A good trainer would have the sense to ask what your goals are and if you are achieving them.

Most peeps in gyms are dumbshits it seems like. I tend to know more than the "certified trainers".

 

[wilson6]

12 - 15% is fine for a fit non-eating disordered female that lifts heavy. Tell him to kiss your ass.

W6

 

[b fold the truth]

I was called FAT tonight at the gym. I set a PR on the incline, feel bigger..."yeah, but you are fat..."



B True

 

[Serenity Head]

I was called FAT tonight at the gym. I set a PR on the incline, feel bigger..."yeah, but you are fat..."



B True

Well if it makes you feel any better, I feel fat (Not used to being this heavy;even if I am strong).

 

[FitFossil]

I was weighing myself on the tantia scale and he walked passed and saw that my bf% came in at 15%. He started hasselling me saying that it was too low blah blah blah...
I dont really care about what he says, but he did say that if it goes lower I could suffer from low bone density and oesteoperosis...is this true?

"Too low" depends on the individual, and what they're doing to get to or stay at a certain level of bodyfat. There is no magic bodyfat threshold that fits all women, and it certainly can't be based solely on a Tanita scale reading.

If your bodyfat is dropping because you're training hard, eating well, you feel great, your performance is steadily improving, and your bodily functions (e.g. menstrual period) are working, then Great! - pay him no mind.

But if you're killing yourself for the sake of low bodyfat: overtraining, crash dieting, experimenting with suspect supplements, you feel like shit, your strength is dropping, etc., and this same guy has been watching this happen, then he should say something.

It's one thing to diet down for competition, because it's just temporary. It's something else to force your body to be something it's not, or before it's ready. Bodies all have a way of paying us back when we take things too far or too fast. Only you know what your situation is, so only you can interpret what he meant.

 

[THeMaCHinE]

Bone density is improved by lifting weights; osteoporosis is managed by proper diet and supplementation. I don't see what having fat has to do with it.

I think I would have looked at the guy's gut and told him the dangers of being too fat/improper diet: hypertension, increased risk for heart disease, diabetes, etc... He shouldn't be snooping anyway.

Also, as somebody aluded to above, those body fat scales are pretty wacked out. Even on the athletic setting they don't really measure properly due to the increased muscle density that lifters have. Plus, state of hydration, etc., can really effect how it reads you.

 

[newgirl-chargeback]

Re: Re: manager of the gym hasselling me about bf%

"Too low" depends on the individual, and what they're doing to get to or stay at a certain level of bodyfat. There is no magic bodyfat threshold that fits all women, and it certainly can't be based solely on a Tanita scale reading.

If your bodyfat is dropping because you're training hard, eating well, you feel great, your performance is steadily improving, and your bodily functions (e.g. menstrual period) are working, then Great! - pay him no mind.

But if you're killing yourself for the sake of low bodyfat: overtraining, crash dieting, experimenting with suspect supplements, you feel like shit, your strength is dropping, etc., and this same guy has been watching this happen, then he should say something.

It's one thing to diet down for competition, because it's just temporary. It's something else to force your body to be something it's not, or before it's ready. Bodies all have a way of paying us back when we take things too far or too fast. Only you know what your situation is, so only you can interpret what he meant.

FF -- this could not have been said any better. Nice post.

 

[Robert Jan]

I was called FAT tonight at the gym. I set a PR on the incline, feel bigger..."yeah, but you are fat..."



B True

Bastard. not only is your bf% not all that high, it also doesn`t fucking matter when your as strong