fitness/fatness

Two weeks ago I went to a fitness and fatness assessment that work was putting on. There weren’t a lot of participants. I guess if you weren’t in shape before, knowing the numbers isn’t going to put you in the mood. I had some good news and some bad news, but mostly it was just interesting to know the numbers of my body. So without further ado:

37” chest

32” waist

39” hips

21” thighs

12” calves

10.5” L. Bicep

11” R. Bicep That’s my masterb…..racquetball arm!

Current body fat 12.9%

That means I have 150lbs of lean mass, muscles, bones, organs, blood

And 22 lbs of fat

Body weight of 172lbs

At current, if I sat on my ass the entire day I would burn 2127 calories. If I got up and went to work and had a normal non-exercising day, add 638 calories. Racquetball burns so many calories, Im not even going to tell you what 8 hours of that a week will do for you.

A little bad news, blood pressure 140/84-->Makes me Stage I Hypertension. This could be white coat high blood pressure; I also had a really salty breakfast. I have a home monitor, and it’s been primarily in the Prehypertension stage, so I made be going on Px if this continues for another week or so. Damn you hereditary genes.

My cardiovascular Assessment

My maximum oxygen consumption is 55.8 ml/kg * min

That means I can suck that much wind and process it during exercise. 95^th percentile‼

Bicep strength

Fair, I can curl 70lbs.

Someone with Good strength can curl at least 92lbs.

I guess I won’t be carrying you over the threshold.

Flexibility

My Sit & Reach is 4.4 inches. Which is beyond Poor, but a Poor rating is as low as you can go.

Someone with good reach can go 15 inches.

At least that is easily fixable, no swan lake for me.

All in all I am 24; I have the body of a 22 year old, and am capable of having the body of an 18 year old.

Awww to be 18 again and look as if I’m 12.

Do you want me more or less now that you know this?

H. Eggemeyer