One of the mistakes that a lot of bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts make is that they start a bodybuilding diet and training program without measuring their progress properly. A lot of bodybuilders just rely on the scale and if they gain a pound they assume that the gain is muscle. If a pound is lost, often times the assumption is that what has been lost is fat. But is this really the case?
Simple changes in weight can be deceiving. Remember that if a fat loss diet is not designed correctly you risk losing muscle mass along with the fat. Conversely, if your muscle gaining diet is too high in calories, you may risk gaining a lot of fat with the muscle. Thus, in addition to scale changes, you also need a way to measure your body fat in order to clearly see what is happening to your body. For me, the easiest way to do this is by using calipers (personally I have found the Accu-Measure calipers to give me some very accurate and reliable measurements). By using caliper measurements along with the scale I know exactly how much muscle I am gaining and how much fat I am losing.
On top of that, I also like to take digital pictures as in this manner, as the weeks go by, I can have a visual diary of how I look at a specific weight and body fat percentage.
Try these tips out and you will be glad that you did!
For more tips on ways to track your bodybuilding progress, please take a look at the article below:
The Importance of Tracking Your Bodybuilding Progress and the Many Ways To Do It
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