I think I've broken my scales

[Crankarm]

Yes but if Banjo's scales can weigh as much as twenty stone they would be even heavier.

Well, get off them then .

 

[Riverman]

Just bought the coolest set of scales for a bargain price. £7.49 and didn't even have to travel far to get them.

http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webap...top_category=&fromPage=Search&hotspot_prefix=

According to that I'm 180lbs(12.8571 stone) and 16% body fat. So the scales were definitely broken.

I take it these body fat things are not very accurate. Seems a little low that.

 

[Crankarm]

Just bought the coolest set of scales for a bargain price. £7.49 and didn't even have to travel far to get them.

http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webap...top_category=&fromPage=Search&hotspot_prefix=

According to that I'm 180lbs(12.8571 stone) and 16% body fat. So the scales were definitely broken.

I take it these body fat things are not very accurate. Seems a little low that.

Sorry what's that in kilos, modern money?

 

[Riverman]

81.8kg or probably more like 82kg. Was almost 100kg a year ago, so that's good as I started cycling in April/May.

Ah done the fat thing on the normal setting and it's coming up as roughly 23%.

 

[Speicher]

That's excellent Riverman.

 

[Riverman]

Was probably more like 95. All I know is that I was heading toward 100kg quite fast and the scales were going up and down. Cycling has to be the best form of exercise as I'm sure you'll all attest to, it's just nice to do exercise without really thinking about it.

 

[Garz]

You will take great pleasure in disposing destroying them old scales!

 

[Banjo]

To save the awkward ride back with the wieghts, could you just post them back? Remember to wrap them carefully in bubblewrap and cardboard so that they do not get damaged in transit.

I took your advice and walked into town (busses still snowed in) bought the bubble wrap and £63 worth of first class stamps.

Disaster ,after strapping the wrapped and stamped weights to the bike I got down to the post box and they wouldnt fit through the slot.

Couldnt just leave them on the pavement incase some toe rag knicked them so they are now sat on my living room floor while I await further suggestions from cyclechat forum members.

 

[youngoldbloke]

- use a courier service and regard the first class stamps as a sensible investment - just think of all the money you will save when postal charges are increased.
ps - how did you know the weight and the stamps required without taking the packages to the post office - thought you said your scales were malfunctioning?

 

[jimboalee]

81.8kg or probably more like 82kg. Was almost 100kg a year ago, so that's good as I started cycling in April/May.

Ah done the fat thing on the normal setting and it's coming up as roughly 23%.

The Bioimpedence method of measuring Bodyfat % is VERY wooly.

Don't believe the sales blurb. To get a realistic reading at every measurement occasion, your body NEEDS to be in the same state of hydration.

Go on a tough ride and sweat a lot - Fat % goes up by as much as 4%.
Have a couple of days rest with plenty of fluids and Fat% lowers by 3 - 4%.

They operate by passing a small electric current up one leg and down the other. The ammount of water in your abdomen effects the reading beyond acceptable variation to be of any use for a person who does physical exercise.

Sorry.

I use skinfold calipers.

 

[jimboalee]

The Bioimpedence method of measuring Bodyfat % is VERY wooly.

Don't believe the sales blurb. To get a realistic reading at every measurement occasion, your body NEEDS to be in the same state of hydration.

Go on a tough ride and sweat a lot - Fat % goes up by as much as 4%.
Have a couple of days rest with plenty of fluids and Fat% lowers by 3 - 4%.

They operate by passing a small electric current up one leg and down the other. The ammount of water in your abdomen effects the reading beyond acceptable variation to be of any use for a person who does physical exercise.

Sorry.

I use skinfold calipers.

All is not lost though. There is a frig you can do by weighing and reading Fat% before AND after a session of HARD exercise. At least 2000 calories worth WITHOUT food or drink.
The difference will be water loss.
Water weighs 1kg per litre and fat weighs 0.925 kg per litre.

Compare the difference in weight and the difference in Fat% to get a more accurate idea of fat%.

Or just buy a pair of Slimguide Calipers.

 

[jimboalee]

To be quite honest, skinfold calipers are all one needs.

If the skinfolds are reducing, the mass on your body you DON'T want is leaving.

 

[BrumJim]

According to that I'm 180lbs(12.8571 stone) and 16% body fat.

Spurious accuracy. You are 12.9 stone. Any further decimal places claims a level of accuracy that the scales cannot manage.

(Sorry - spurious accuracy is one of my pet hates when checking reports)

 

[jimboalee]

Spurious accuracy. You are 12.9 stone. Any further decimal places claims a level of accuracy that the scales cannot manage.

(Sorry - spurious accuracy is one of my pet hates when checking reports)

It's 12 st 12 lbs....

 

[Riverman]

Now reading 13 stone 2lbs. Natural variation