First real BF measurement since elementary school
Well, I broke down and bought the Accufitness pincers from Hell to measure bodyfat. Guess I was always scared before since even in elementary school I was in the 28-30% range. So I played with my new toy last night. I’m not real sure how accurate I was with measuring myself, so I did it about 10 times. First measurement was 12.3%, then several 11.2%, 16%,15.3%, 9.2%, and lastly 13%. I’ve been guessing at my BF% using the Navy chart and figuring 15% is where the love handles start going. Well, my handles are almost gone and I’m throwing out the 9.2% since I know that ain’t right. The average is around 13%. That would send some men into hysterics on this site, but I was kind of excited about it. I’m at the lowest BF% of my life, can see some ab definition during jumping jacks, veins are poking out, etc. So, I’m going to mark my page today with 13% BF as that is probably fairly accurate (at least within 1%). Wow. I’m getting real close to 10%, which is a long term goal, and one I secretly doubted I could ever reach. Not anymore. It’s an obsession now. The chart said for my age group that less than 16% is excellent, but I think I can do better than that. I didn’t do weights last night, instead with the short amount of time I had I did HIIT and really mixed up my speeds and time because I felt like I was getting too used to what I had been doing. Back is tonight! Going heavy! WhoooHOOO!
March 26, 2008 at 1:37 pm
Congrats! The best thing about the pinchers is once you’ve got a pretty good handle on testing yourself they are Extremely accurate in showing the change in your bodyfat, the calculated BF % might be off a bit due to user error but if you pinch the same way, the differnces will be accurate. A great investment and tracking tool. You’ll hit 10% without a problem.
March 27, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Wow, Jeff, GREAT JOB!!!
I think 13% is fabulous! 
You are getting pretty close to that goal of yours, you’ll be nailing it before long!