6 Week Experiment
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[quote name='JK' timestamp='1372063826' post='374657']<br />
I'm impressed with the fat loss mate. Would love to drop it that quickly!<br />
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Cheers but you got to have it to lose it I guess. Also I think the start was quite dramatic as its the first real strength work I have done in 15 years.<br />
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[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1372074765' post='374688']<br />
Will have to get myself some fat % scale thingees. This could be interesting<br />
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I hate autocorrect ...<br />
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3 euro pincers off ebay ,and a website to calculate it. Was what I used, by all accounts its just as accurate as the electronic doo dads.<br />
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Okay I have attached the chart of all the results here I have all the individual measurements and the overall calculated body fat percentage using the Jackson Pollock 7 site method. I used a website to do the calculations for me.<br />
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Big picture weight went from 79.7 Kg to 77.9 Kg so 1.8Kg drop, more then I would have liked but just struggled to keep the calories up.<br />
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Body fat went from 17.76% to 10.24% Or 14.15Kg to 7.98 Kg<br />
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So assuming no muscle loss in the experiment (Probably not realistic but have to make some assumptions).Then the equation for fat to muscle transfer is (Starting body fat - ending body fat) - ( Weight lost) or<br />
6.17 Kg - 1.8Kg = 4.37Kg.<br />
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Which is pretty impressive if that number is even close.<br />
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Caveats,<br />
I had done no strength work before this experiment for 10 years at least so I would expect that his number would taper off pretty quickly.<br />
I am not that sure of the accuracy of the measurement method, but as it was kept the same the whole way through the ratio between start and finish should be close.<br />
I was near on as militant as I could be with the test conditions.<br />
Assumed no muscle loss on the weight drop to make the calculations simpler<br />
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Cheats,<br />
In the 6 week period the only known cheats were 2 small glasses of red wine, 1 small portion of boiled rice approx 75g cooked, 1 medium sized potato. I may have ingested other things with higher carbs unknowingly but was pretty careful so am confident that I did not exceed 100g of carbs on very many occasions and if I did it would not have been by much.<br />
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Results.<br />
Well to me I think the accuracy could be tightened up a bit on the body fat measurements but it seems that the method is solid, mix strength work with a low carb high protein and fat diet. To build muscle at the cost of body fat. If you want to maintain weight you will need to eat a lot or get some protein powder to top up with some extra low carb calories. Sadly the pictures are not as dramatic as I had hoped. Though the wife seems to think they are impressive so not sure if there is some self perception psychology tricks going on there.<br />
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Thoughts?<br />
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[quote name='JK' timestamp='1372755267' post='376391']<br />
Interesting stuff mate.<br />
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Any before and after pics?<br />
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Geez your quick, I was debating putting them up as I don't think they show much I also don't want this to turn into a thats not X% body fat type of thread as I don't think the number is as important as the change.<br />
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Also I wanted to check if I could delete them, not a huge fan of posting pics of myself in my undies, at least not on this website. -
[quote name='JK' timestamp='1372756320' post='376394']<br />
well while they may not support 10% etc they sure do show some decent progressive. Pretty impressive for 6 weeks mate!<br />
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Yeah like I said I doubt the percentages are very accurate, but short of shelling out a 100 Euros a week for a body tank test. I used the most accurate method at my disposal, which I assume is the method that takes the most site readings.
