Body composition is a more accurate barometer of overall
fitness than scale weight.
Not exact matches
He also stated that, «Improved aerobic
fitness from the exercise was a much better predictor of psychosocial benefits
than weight loss or reductions in body fat... Throw away the
scale and get out there and start moving, and the activity can improve your emotional well - being even if it does not lead to any measurable change in weight or body fat.»
In the context of
fitness and recording body weight numbers on
scales, the statement «muscle weighs more
than fat» does not hold much weight.
I have been working on my overall
fitness more seriously
than ever before for about six months, with some success (I can plank for 2 - 3 minutes if you want to measure it by that standard lol and weigh between 59 - 62 kilos depending on the
scale and day).
So I focus on what I've gained in my
fitness level, how my clothes fit and inches lost rather
than the number on the
scale.
Withings» Body Cardio smart
scale can measure much more about your body
than a typical
fitness tracker can.
Given that our predictions regard overall genetic
fitness, rather
than any specific cue of genetic
fitness (e.g., masculinity, symmetry, MHC heterogeneity), a group of trained research assistants (n = 5 in study 1; n = 4 in study 2) rated the facial attractiveness of each spouse from the photographs that were taken at baseline, using a
scale ranging from 1 to 10, where higher ratings indicated more physically attractive faces.