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measuring progress

yooperjim Posts: 104 Joined: 2005/09/01	2005/09/21, 05:05 AM just wondering how everyone measures their progress...reps, weight, tape measure?
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2005/09/21, 08:43 AM Usually the amount of weight I can lift and the tape measure... and pictures... nothing more realistic than that! Plus I input data into www.mybodycomp.com for an analysis too... t -------------- This donut has purple in the middle, purple is a fruit. - Homer (Simpson) Be here. Live. Love. Hope. Now. Faith. Believe. You. - Keith Urban
michelle9510 Posts: 172 Joined: 2005/07/14	2005/09/21, 02:50 PM I was using weight and body fat % to track my progress but I have cheap body fat calipers and My husband is inexperienced at taking the correct maesurements. My weight hasn't dropped much. I've been going back through my weight/rep sheets that I made for myself. By doing that I realized the gains that I've made. When I started weight training I couldn't even bench press the bar more than a few times. Now I am pressing the bar plus 25 lbs on each side like 5 times! And thats after three sets already of slightly lighter weight. Keep track of weight! Because even if you can't see the changes you've made in your body, what you have recorded doesn'tlie! I now know that even if I havn't lost weight on a scale, My body fat percentage has to have gone down because my strength (muscle) has increased. I hope all of that makes sense...lol
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2005/09/22, 03:44 PM Wins. Medals. Championships. After that weight. As long as I increase the wieght on the bar without increaseing my weight, I am getting stronger. -------------- Your two most important minerals: Iron and Chalk. If you smoke or don’t wear your seatbelt, please don’t tell me the deadlift is dangerous.