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Originally Posted by Waittz
Going to agree that calipers are really not a good tool to judge bf, but they are good to judge progress if done by the same person.
Last summer my mom went to a clinic for weight loss, she took me there to meet the hed doc and for shits n giggles he hooked me up to this gizmo. No idea what it was called, but it hooked up to my finger and my feet and ran a current threw my body. After about a minute or so I had a piece of paper that told me my LBM, which was actual muscle, smooth muscle(organs), water, intracellular water and bone(side note, my bone density was off the charts for my height and weight). It had my clocked in at 12.4% bf. Three days earlier I was test below 10 on calipers.
and GqArt, what is the BR thread? And I have posted full photos of myself numerous times throughout the years here in my old logs.
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The link was posted by PowerManDL on the previous page. The thing you got tested with sounds like a bio-impedence device. This is what my ORMON is all about. It is really only good for overall trends and will vary greatly based on your hydration level.
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Originally Posted by Waittz
You know, I have never ever figured this out. I have gone through "maintenance" phases before where I have lost bf and maintained strength. But every time I actually go full on into a "cut" I feel like I have been sapped. It has made me conclude that extreme bulking and cutting does more harm than good. Hence my reasoning behind my 14 months bulk where I plan to gain only about 15 lbs.
I still think a large part is mental though.
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Slower is better for sure. I am doing a very long cut targeting about 1lb a week. Even so the strength is starting to drop. Nothing to figure out about it though. Being strong requires food. While some of it is probably mental most of it is pretty much just about how the body works.