GetFit Top Tip

Despite my best efforts, so many people I talk to about exercise and good clean eating habits, the conversation always comes around to the numbers. More often than not the numbers are related to weight.

How much can I lose?

What is normal weight loss?

How much should I weight?

I can understand why this is the number of concern to you. It is probably the only indicator/comparison you have that bears some resemblance to where you want to be.

Weight IS a useful indicator, but not the only one you should use.

With our Personal Training clients and ForestFit members we DO use weight, but only in conjunction with another measurement…

Circumference measurements.

The measures we get our clients to do, just once a week, are Chest, Waist(just at the navel), Hips(the widest part around your butt) and thighs(the widest part in the upper leg)

Whilst there are other measures, such as bodyfat readings, most are not accessible to people outside of a clinical studies setting.

Weight alone is generally a poor indicator of progress, especially if  your goal is to drop a dress size for example. It is highly likely if you do the right type of exercise and have the right eating habits, you WILL drop a dress size, but may only lose a small amount of weight.

When you take circumference measures, this is a simplistic way of seeing “fat loss”, and losing weight from the areas of the body you want to lose it.

Take your measures today, record them and see if your training programs are producing changes in these figures each week.

PS. We have had a great response to our special open seminar on Friday 13th. We already have 33% capacity for the evening!
Check out http://www.getfit.lu/friday13.html

PPS. More numbers… ForestFit February only has  places left for 7am and a more available for our special beginners lite program from 10.30am
Check out http://www.forestfit.com

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