MIA Trainer, Injury Update & More
Hey Guys……
Trainer: Ok, so my trainer has become a little MIA to me. I have not spoken to my trainer since I told him about my ankle injury. NOT COOL!! I would like to go forth with training but can’t without him. The only thing from this point is continue calling and leaving messages, go forth on my own or hire a new trainer. What do you guys think?
Update on the ankle: My ankle is still in a lot of pain. I am going on to two weeks since I have injured myself. Next week, I will go see an orthopedic FINALLY, as the swelling to my ankle has finally subsided enough for them to do a proper examination to my ankle. I am hoping he will give me clearance to start rebuilding strength or at the least for some light cardio. I feel I can do it, but I DO NOT want to push it and injury it further and keep myself from rejoining the gym world any longer than I have to.
Body Fat: I am trying to decide between two devices on which one to purchase to help measure my body fat. I want to keep up with that rather than the numbers on the scale. I want to make sure I am losing FAT not MUSCLE, especially since I am trainer less it seems now. Here are the two I am decided between, please please give me your opinions both good and bad, etc.:
· FatTrack II Digital Body Fat Caliper
o The link: http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/acc/fattrack.html
· Body Fat Analyzer
o The link: http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/om/body.html
Diet: I am trying to formulate a good diet plan for myself that will be the most effective thing possible for me to reach my goal. I want to eat as clean as possible, so if anyone can provide really good tips, websites, articles, etc. that I can check out or use, please let me know. I have gotten a lot of info so far but I want to make sure I am on the best track and do this the healthiest way possible. The weight is what it is, so I don’t care about the weight and time frame, however I do love being healthy and want to remain healthy throughout this process, that is the most important thing to me.
Other than that, things are great with me. I am getting really anxious to get back in to the gym. I am tried of just playing with abs, shoulders and arms. I hope I can get back soon, I am getting stir crazy not being there. My gym buddy texts me pictures of him working out trying to make me jealous (I do the same to him when he is a no show, haha). Anyways, this is all the info I have for now. Thanks for reading.
Alicia
May 25, 2007 at 7:26 pm
The FatTrack II is a digital version of the one I use and I don’t thnk it is very accurate. Maybe this version is better? The other one is what they use at my gym. However it doesn’t really matter how accurate as you really only want to track progress. I agree that tracking bf% vs. weight is the way to go especially if you are working out and building new muscle. Fire the trainer and hire a new one!