Reply With QuoteYou should have someone else take your skin folds for you. You cannot accurately take your own folds due to different angles and having to reach certain ways for the pinch. Plus the digital ones aren't very good. You would be better off with a metal set by Accumeasure.
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06-19-2003, 09:22 AM #1RAWR! ELITE MEMBER
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Bulking & Bodyfat
I started bulking about a week ago (I know it's summer but I didn't want to wait untill the fall/winter months to start building muscle) and while bulking I wanted to make sure that I was really building muscle without a lot of fat. I bought the Fat Track II Digital Skinfold Caliper so I could track my bf %. The problem is i'll use it and and get one measurement then use it again right after that and get another one that's a few percent off. I've seen my bf as low as 9% and as high as 13-14% within a days time. What's the best way then to assure i'm gaining mostly muscle? If I weigh myself at the same time everyday and am gaining over maybe 1 1/2 or 2 lbs a week that is most likely fat correct?
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06-19-2003, 09:29 AM #2Moderator MODERATOR
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06-19-2003, 05:44 PM #3Patrick ELITE MEMBER
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If you are gaining 1-1.5lbs of fat every week some of it is fat and you would hope (depending on how clean your diet is) that some of it will be muscle. Forget about the bf% just go by the mirror it tends to tell the real story anyway. If you really want to get picky then take measurements of your waist and bi's weekly. If your waist is getting to big to fast then you are doing something wrong. Post your diet.
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06-19-2003, 07:04 PM #4Peak Physiques™ ELITE MEMBER
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I take mine and do a fairly good job. Its easier for men.Originally posted by Jodi
You should have someone else take your skin folds for you. You cannot accurately take your own folds due to different angles and having to reach certain ways for the pinch. Plus the digital ones aren't very good. You would be better off with a metal set by Accumeasure.
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You don't have boobs!!!
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06-19-2003, 07:14 PM #6Peak Physiques™ ELITE MEMBER
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True. We also don't do the tricep fold.
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06-19-2003, 07:16 PM #7Patrick ELITE MEMBER
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Yeah, it is pretty easy for men to take their own skinfold test....I can do mine as well.
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Originally posted by Twin Peak
True. We also don't do the tricep fold.
I hate that one. 
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I weigh 165. Eating about 2800 calories now but working my way up to 3000.
Heres what I eat roughly, usually around 450-500 a meal, usually more in the first few meals in less in the later meals.
Meal one
Oatmeal w/ strawberries
Egg white Omlette
1 tbs flaxseed oil
Meal Two
I have canned chicken similar to tuna fish but tastes better and has a little more protein.
brown rice
celery w/ natural pb
apple
Meal Three
Chicken Breast
Potato
celery w/ natural pb
Meal Four
Chicken or steak or venison
potato
salad
apple
Meal Five
Protein shake
1 tbs flaxseed oil
Meal Six
Usually another protein shake
On workout days usually meal two will be after work out and i'll have a shake, banana and a large potato then for meal five i'll have chicken or an omlette or something.
Also i'm not sure about how much cardio I should do etc.
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