STRESSED!!
I started dieting hard last week and it is going well, but I need to rant —- if you don’t want to hear my poor me and complaining, then just close this box and move on.
First — My wife is in the hospital tonight because of a kidney stone that a different hospital in our area missed on 2 previous cat scans or mri’s or however they identify them. I got in a big argument with my boss because I felt like he didn’t believe me as to why I was leaving work early and not working tomorrow (she’s getting the stone lasered). I probably should be in bed right now, but I am stressed, didn’t get to the gym today either and can’t sleep.
RANT —— now I don’t guarantee my numbers/stats are 100% accurate, but they are close and I have been diligent on getting the "estimates" correct as possible and have cross-referenced equations (one rep max and bf%) with multiple websites, so I am pretty confident. I do acknowledge that they may be off a bit though. ———ANYWAY, on to my rant! Why do MANY people on here have extensive data regarding everything that has to do with their body, but TOTALLY SCREW UP THEIR BODYFAT PERCENTAGE?!?!?!?! I won’t be specific, but one guy updated his stats tonight and I just happened across his page. He had down something like 15% bodyfat!?!?! I am by no means a mathmetician, doctor, nurse, personal trainer or any other professional that has measured a zillion people’s bodyfat, but give me a break! This guy had a huge gut, 16" arms, 185# bench press with a 16" neck. In addition, all his other stats were what you would expect them to be for someone with those numbers - except bodyfat. Where the heck did he come up with 15% bodyfat? Based on the LITTLE I know about the subject, he had to have been pushing 30%! I have crunched the numbers 50 times for myself using 4 different methods/calculators and averaged 20.9% BF. I by NO MEANS even remotely think that I am in "good" shape, but definitely am in better shape than this guy is. Its obvious that this guy has spent significant time gathering data and entering it in his bspace —–wouldn’t he want it to be accurate? or at least in the right ball park? or at the very least in the right time zone?
Again —- I am not trying to be a jerk or anything, but things like this really irritate me. I don’t pretend to be ripped like nick edge or konkrete or sean 300 or anyone else that makes the top 6 all the time. But if someone is going to be so anally retentive that they are inputting exact measurements, workout stats including reps, etc. on a daily/weekly basis, why would they be so uneducated on BF?
One other thing——why is this douche bag on monday night football comparing Jay Cutler the bodybuilder to Jay Cutler the quarterback for the bronco’s? SHUT UP STUPID!
I’m going to bed! God, please let tomorrow be better - amen
February 24, 2009 at 8:47 am
Hey man I’m right there with you on the stress level. I am coming off of a wicked cold last week too, but good things are coming man…good things. Try and keep positive. I absolutely agree with the stats thing too. I know in the past some of my numbers have been off due to the 1RM calculation but it’s not hard to get close with most stuff. Godbless I’ll be prayin for ya!