We’ve been fortunate to have a nice gym in our office and an awesome gym programs and classes. The gym instructor has one of those cool Tanita Ironman Body Comp scales that measures your weight, body fat, body water, and muscle mass, visceral fat, etc. Every few weeks, I would go and get measured just to see where I’m at and to find out if my workout and diet have been working.
Today, I got my result and found out that I had lost 3 lbs of muscle mass. Body fat stayed the same. I guess it was the result of the peak training and also the moderate to hard pace that I’ve been trying out for the last few weeks. I got the best results last November, right before I started hitting the peak training. I don’t like loosing muscle mass but I guess at this point, it can work to my advantage since I will be running lighter. However, I plan to hit the weights more again after the race to gain some more muscle mass back. I just don’t want to look too skinny.
So I guess I’ve already accomplished Goal #2 of my marathon goal:
1. Survive
2. Get lean
3. Have fun
Here’s the comparison between today’s result and last November:
Age: 30 Height: 5’8″
| 11/25/2009 (Right before peak training) | 1/6/2010(After peak. Taper period) | |
| Weight (lbs) | 149.8 | 146.8 |
| BMR | 1697 | 1653 |
| Muscle Mass (lbs) | 122.2 | 119 |
| Body Water % | 60.7 | 59.9 |
| Metabolic Age | 17 | 19 |
Physique Rating
| 5 |
5 |
|
| Bone Mass | 6.4 | 6.2 |
| Visceral Fat | 3 | 3 |
| Body Fat % | 14.2 | 14.6 |
I also logged a cold 4 miles today at an easy to moderate pace. Nothing special about the run. I just did a flat course today and wore my “TJMaxx Asics jacket” again. Not sure if I should wear this on race day or just wear an old sweater that I can throw away. This jacket does a good job of keeping me warm but I really don’t want to throw it away once it gets really warm. I might’ve gotten this for cheap but hey, I like this jacket! 