Month: February 2016

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Bodyrecomposition Mailbag 2

Since I can’t think of any actual topic this week and think I can answer these questions in a fairly brief manner, I’m just going to clear out some of my questions.  Topics will include women and DEXA, oddities about pregnancy metabolism, endurance nutrition and a bit about health habits when you have bipolar.

DEXA and Bodyfat Measurement

Question: Hi Lyle, I recently did a DEXA scan to get an estimate of my body fat % – I’m female, 28 years old, weight train regularly. My DEXA scan results: 5’3, weighing 59kg and an ‘average’ of 20% body fat. I say ‘average’ as the scan showed that the body fat % in my upper body (arms, torso) was 14% while my lower body (hips, thighs) was 27%. Is it fair for me to take the average of these and consider myself to be 20% body fat?

Answer: The above type of question is becoming more and more frequent as more people are using DEXA scans to get an estimate of bodyfat percentage (BF%).  … Keep Reading

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A Guide to Changing Exercise Technique Part 2

Continuing from Part 1, I want to address other issues related to the topic of changing exercise technique.  This includes factors that go into deciding whether technique should be changed to begin with which will make up the majority of Part 2.  Finally I’ll give some practical strategies to change technique if you so desire.

Training Age

A factor that I think is often forgotten is the impact of training age and goals in the choice of whether or not to even consider changing someone’s technique.  If you’re unfamiliar with the term, training age refers to how many years someone has been training and this is in contrast to biological age which is who old someone is.  A 24-year-old who has been training since they were 4 has a training age of 20 years,  A 24-year-old who has been training since they were 22 has a training age of 2 years.… Keep Reading