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Why are you addressing this to me? I did not do the test, nor did I consult her about the results. Nor was I asked to evaluate her test results, other than to verify the accuracy. Your little lecture is perfectly fine. I recommend that you use it with all your clients.

Interesting—I didn’t realize LF had come out with a water rower. I am going to guess—and I think it’s a pretty good guess—that this is similar to the air damper setting on the flywheel of a Concept 2 rower. The different settings will adjust the “drag factor” —the perceived effort it takes to apply force to the flywheel.…

Just using your numbers, the body fat % change represents a loss of about 12lb of fat but also a lean mass gain of 3lbs. Since the scale weighs everything, your “reasonably small” scale weight loss masks a more significant body fat change (which, obviously was the whole point of your recomp). Not everyone would see your…

The question was not to comment on whether or not the body fat level was “ideal”, but on whether the number she received was accurate. “Skinny fat” is a bad term, but the body type it describes — i.e. someone with disproportionately higher body fat compared to BMI—is real. In that sense it is not “marketing”, but just a…

Sorry we got a little sidetracked with the test analysis. :| Maintaining a calorie deficit is the most important thing for fat loss, and you have already gotten good advice on protein. Depending on your current fitness level, I think you would do well with one day of longer endurance cardio and other days doing some tempo…

As it turns out, maybe InBody has more reference material than I thought. https://nl.inbody.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/InBody230_CDmanual_Eng_L.pdf There is a lot here, but in the second half, they discuss some of the reference standards in more detail. Here is an example of the results report. I don't know if it's the…

I'm back. I was actually waiting to pick up a pizza earlier, which is ironic. Also...when entering an online order, the difference on the screen between "pepperoni" and "pineapple" is small, but the difference in the actual pizza is quite substantial. :'( :s So the commenters in this thread are very smart and very…

Oy. Here we go again....I will have more to add later.

I would say ignore all the regular grumpy gym bros who are giving you the queer eye and enjoy your workout.

To me, it's more of a subjective decision. It's one that I had to deal with all the time in my working days and as a staff we would discuss the best approaches. We had the additional complication in that the free weight area was built directly over physical therapy, so banging weights could be quite a shock. So we tried to…

Just one other comment: everyone has to choose the weight level that they feel comfortable with, and there are a number of factors--all valid--that contribute to that decision. I would, however, advise a little caution about making a decision based primarily on looking "too thin" or "sickly" at a lower weight. When people…

If you have access to a reliable body fat measurement, that would be the ideal starting place. You can get a sense of muscle and lean mass and then just add in a desired/sustainable body fat percentage. Unfortunately, most clubs don't have quality equipment available--they either have hand-held or single-limb models. Plus…

There can be subtle differences between treadmills, and there can be differences as the treadmills age. The belt/deck suspension is different between the matrix and the technogym. That can also make a subtle difference. You also have different types of belts and rollers. I have run on technogym and life fitness and there…

Not sure I am following all the circles, so I am going to be a little more general and hope the comments fit. Happy to elaborate more if necessary. My reading of the OPs comments did not suggest any clinical issues with eating or with body image. IMO, one does not automatically have psychological problems if they look in…

Terminology. I am not suggesting OP should “stay underweight”. However, my experience is SO embedded into body composition, right or wrong, I don’t pay that much attention to scale weight. It’s not that I dismiss it, I have just had decades with good body composition tools at my disposal, so my habit is to look at fat,…

I wasn't going to go this meta on the thread, but I possibly started it--and anyhow, non-meta went out the window about 15-20 posts ago. If we have any disagreement, I suspect it's more about semantics and how one would *initially* approach someone with the OP's profile. My opinion: A beginner who has the OP's build (my…

First I want to compliment the OP for such a reasoned question. She obviously thinks she has a fat problem, but is insightful enough to understand that her current approach might not be the best pathway. I also want to compliment the comments in he thread for not instantly telling her she had body image issues and needed…

Adding to previous comment: I have seen two body profiles that fit your description. One is someone who is normal weight/over fat. That is usually some one with a small frame and lower muscle mass. Two: normal weight/appropriate body fat with “over fat areas”. This means that, while overall body fat is normal or low, there…

If you have a lab tested VO2 max, the second thing they should have gone over with you (after they told you your VO2max) was your RER ratios at different levels of effort. RER is respiratory exchange ratio. — it is the ratio of CO2 produced compared to O2 used. It is directly affected by the blend of carbs and fats being…

You are probably already doing that. I know that IF has gone into uberbuzzhype mode the last couple of weeks, but I still don’t think the evidence shows that it is something that everyone should do.

I stopped reading comments in the other thread (until now when I went to the last page), because it seemed so pointless after a while. We have this same discussion every year. I didn’t realize that maybe there were more emotional reactions in that thread—that’s why I couldn’t figure out why this one was necessary. And the…

Someone thought it might be a good idea to try to encourage new people at the gym. It’s just an opinion. It’s not mandatory. And I don’t think it’s an offense against your personal dignity for them to suggest such a thing. If you don’t want to interact with people during your workouts, don’t interact. That’s a perfectly…

PF not my my style. But the “hiss of shame” ad makes me laugh. They definitely have a feel for the excesses of bro culture.

This “diet” contains the entire dance card of misinformation and BS that is part of every gimmicky diet scam ever designed. Rather than being a “quick start”, rubbish like this just delays people from starting to implement actual positive lifestyle changes.

There is no omniscient gathering of data that accurately lists every type of exercise movement. MFP just collects whatever is out there and compiles it into one location-it’s a passive data hub-just like any other site that purports to offer this data. It’s not a shortcoming of MFP. While there is a lot of information out…

His name is Bret Contreras. Seeing as he knows more about lifting than everyone on this thread put together (including me), you should at least spell his name correctly.

I’m a fan of Jack Daniels too. But it never made me run faster.

We are talking about plasma, not whole blood, just to be clear. There is a small loss of red blood cells in the handling, which is not significant and should not affect your workouts. Plasma volume is replaced very quickly-I believe within 24 hours. So while you might experience some effect on a workout during that time,…

It’s a little hard to give specifics without knowing more details about your workouts—total mileage, length of LSD run, and details about tempo and speed workouts. There is also the issue that training to run your best 5K and best half marathon can be a little at odds with each other. And are you asking whether you should…

It’s going to be several weeks before you can lift and even then there might be some restrictions for a little longer. The surgeons will be able to give you better guidelines. My main advice would be to make *clear* to them that you actively lift weights and you want to return to your routine ASAP. If you aren’t clear and…