How to Calculate Your Body Fat Percentage
May 6, 2009 by Deb · Leave a Comment
We use Body Fat % instead of BMI or your body weight to measure your success and I have found this formula to be pretty accurate to calculate body fat. They are within +/- 3% of the real value. All you will need is a tape measure, a piece of paper, pencil or pen and a calculator.”
A common response in our forum is that this is too complicated. Many of us estimate progress by the mirror, the belt or the tightness of the button on the jeans. This is also a great way to measure success but this will give you numbers that will KEEP you motivated when you see your success!
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What is the best free ab exercise?
March 27, 2009 by Luke Carlson · 1 Comment
What is the best abdominal exercise? The debate will always be there, but few can argue against the best abdominal exercise being a push-up. We may not feel our abdominals working that hard because we can only percieve so much at a given time. So we only notice our arms and chest having to work so hard. But, if you have ever done a plank you quickly notice how hard the abdominals work in order to stablilize the trunk. Again when we are using our arms and chest to dynamically move the rest of the body up and down our perception of our abdominals having to work is just not that noticeable.
Why the push-up is so far superior to other traditional abdominal exercises is not just because you get a greater ab workout, but because you get an excellent full body workout. Pushups work your chest, arms, upper back, shoulders, the entire core (including the hips and pelvic muscles), the hamstrings, quads and even the muscles of the lower leg. Push-ups require no equipmnent, can be done anywhere and best of all require no cost. Truely, some of the best things in life are free.