Is this good? Calling all experts on fat loss/muscle gain...

astrampe

I just found an old gym record of my body composition stats that I had done at the gym when I started my weight loss journey five years ago, and I am slightly impressed by it - but I might be just overly glad that I am not there anymore...


I'm 5'8 and almost 44 - started out at 227lbs, body fat percentage of 49.4, fat mass of 111.4 lbs and muscle etc mass of 116...


Went to the gym today and did a body comp again, and I am currently 177, body fat % of 29%, fat mass of 52lbs and muscle etc at 125....

Which means (if I don't have it all messed up) that I lost 50lbs all over - 59lbs of fat mass, and actually gained 9lbs of muscle.... Does that sound right?

I was seriously afraid that I've lost too much muscle, because I did mostly running, with a couple of days a week some resistance training like JM's 30day shred or a kettlebell workout (max 15lbs)...
I only started heavy (er) lifting a couple of weeks ago, which is one of the reasons I wanted to get a new baseline on my bodyfat %....

astrampe

Anybody?

ninerbuff

Unless the bodyfat % comparisons were from the same exact source and method and under the same conditions, then I doubt you gained 9lbs of muscle especially with that light of a weight. To gain muscle you have to overload it. As you get "lighter" then muscle is being "underloaded". 15lbs for weight isn't enough to overload practically any muscle in the body for a person of your height and current weight.

What were the methods used to determine your lean weight and fat composition on both tests?


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astrampe

Method and place was the same - body comp scale the gym uses - empty stomach, no caffeine for 12 hours before etc etc...

It was over a long period though - the first measurements were quite a few years ago - when I could barely run for a minute and was struggling to do 10 bicep curls with a 5lbs weight....

I can now run 15kms a lot faster and do bicep curls with 20lbs...3 sets of 6-8 reps....(amongst other things...)
There had to be some muscle gained somewhere?