| Picture this... You're in the locker rooms at your local | | | | then be asking? |
| gym. After getting changed you fill up your water | | | | 1. Do I need to alter my training? |
| bottle pick up your towel. But before leaving you | | | | 2. Should I adjust my diet? |
| decide to hop on the scales. After stepping up onto | | | | 3. Did I lose fat or muscle? |
| the scales the numbers finally settle on your weight. | | | | 4. Could losing the fat increase my overall muscle |
| You are shocked to see that you are five pounds | | | | mass? |
| heavier than yous should be. You begin to panic a little | | | | Using both the scale and the mirror to answer these |
| and start thinking about all the things you should of | | | | questions will not give you the right answers. Like wise |
| done. Pretty soon you are adjusting your workout | | | | a tape measure would be great for an objective |
| before you have hit the weights. | | | | source to long term growth. But from a psychological |
| Bottom line is you stress out and start asking these | | | | perspective it would be no good in the short term |
| questions: | | | | where measuring yourself every day or week can be |
| 1. Where did the gain come from? | | | | detrimental if you aren't seeing the gains that you were |
| 2. Was it five pounds of body fat or five pounds of | | | | expecting. |
| muscle? | | | | So what then would be the correct way to measure |
| 3. How can you tell? | | | | the progress of all your hard work? |
| It might even be a mixture of them both. Hard to tell | | | | Keep a look out for my up coming article where I take |
| without having to guess. | | | | you through some simple methods for measuring your |
| Likewise, suppose the opposite was to happen. You | | | | growth and success over both the short and long |
| lose 3 pounds next week. What questions would you | | | | term. |