I Got Tanked!

I know what you’re all thinking, but this isn’t that kind of blog.

Anyway, yesterday was the long awaited and highly anticipated body fat test! Although a bit scary at first, as the test requires you forcefully exhale while you are completely submerged in water (highly counter intuitive), 10 minutes later I was merrily on my way with 4 pages of very useful information on my body composition.

After thoroughly reading and re-reading the results in further detail, I learned that my body is composed of 88% lean body mass and 12% body fat, putting me between the 90%- 95% percentile rating of “Healthy Range” for my age group.

It was delightfully surprised, to say the least! I had some idea of what my body fat percentage may be prior to taking this test, but the number was a bit higher than 12%. This also proves that the zone diet is working! Before I started zoning 7 months ago, I was 12lbs heavier and my body composition was far from being in this healthy range! Thank you Barry Sears!

The 3rd page of the results calculates exactly how many pounds of fat I would have to loose to reach my target fat %. For example, if I want to lower my body fat % to 10% I would need to loose 2.5lbs of fat, or if I want to get it down to 6% I would need to loose 7.1lbs of fat, presuming I don’t loose any muscle in the process. At this point, I am not as concerned about loosing any more weight as I am about gaining more muscle mass, which is a more desirable method of lower my body fat %. Okay, that’s enough about that.

Workout yesterday @ Crossfit Oakland:
3 Rounds of:
185# Deadlifts, 15 Reps. (scaled down to 120#)
15 Handstand Push-ups (to target)
15 Pull-ups
15 Thrusters 65#
=Time: 31.17

This was one of the hardest workouts I’ve done! You know it’s hard when the thrusters are a relief! My handstand push-ups were not as good as they could have been. I think my arms are still recovering from Cindy and Grace. Great workout, thanks to Candace for coaching me through it, it was brutal.