UPDATE: the original article below describes my training with SCT as of August 2007. Here are additional links to updated results:Fitness Results Over One Year: Transforming My Body Through Fitness and Nutrition (January 13, 2008)
Strength Training: Unpacking New "Streamline SR" Fitness Equipment (August 25, 2007)
Fitness Results: Break Out Quarter! (Quarterly report, August 29, 2007: gained another 6.1 pounds of muscle; lost another 2.85 pounds of fat):
Strength Training with Static Contraction Training: results after ten months (Quarterly report, May 17, 2007: gained another 1.2 pounds of muscle; lost another 2.95 pounds of fat )
Strength Training with Static Contraction Training: results after four months (November 23, 2006)
I'm measuring my fitness results quarterly via hydrostatic analysis, which is the gold standard and most accurate method for measuring body composition.
Results Over The Last Three Months:
Of course, one or two quarters is a short period of time. Longer term, if I continue at the same pace over the next six months, then for the year I will gain more than 14 pounds of muscle and reduce almost 12 pounds of fat. Net, I will have transformed my body through fitness and nutrition.
Charts that show my results over the past six months, since February 2007:
Body Fat Percent:
Lean Muscle Mass Percent:
Change in Lean Muscle and Body Fat in Pounds:
Additional links:Fitness Results Over One Year: Transforming My Body Through Fitness and Nutrition (January 13, 2008)
Strength Training: Unpacking New "Streamline SR" Fitness Equipment (August 25, 2007)
Fitness Results: Break Out Quarter! (Quarterly report, August 29, 2007: gained another 6.1 pounds of muscle; lost another 2.85 pounds of fat):
Strength Training with Static Contraction Training: results after ten months (Quarterly report, May 17, 2007: gained another 1.2 pounds of muscle; lost another 2.95 pounds of fat )
Strength Training with Static Contraction Training: results after four months (November 23, 2006)
BONUS:
How does hydrostatic measurement work? According to the Department of Kinesiology and Health at Georgia State University:
"This method uses Archimedes principle which states that when a body is submerged in water, there is a buoyant counter force equal to the weight of the water which is displaced. Because bone and muscle are more dense than water, a person with a larger percentage of fat free mass will weigh more in the water and have a lower percent body fat. Conversely, fat floats. Therefore, a large amount of fat mass will make the body lighter in the water and have a higher percent body fat. If each test is performed correctly according to the recommended guidelines, there is a +/- 1.5% error."
