Before lunch today I visited the county’s health and wellness clinic to test my body fat. This is done by using the Tanita Bioelectrical Impedence Analysis technique, which measures the resistance of an electrical current passing through the body. Muscle tissue has higher water content and conducts electrical currents with less resistance than fat tissue. Without further ado, here are my stats:
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 143.5
Body Mass Index: 18.9
Basal Metabolic Rate: 7010 kJ (1676 kcal)
Impedance: 468 ohms
Fat %: 7.3%
Fat Mass: 10.51 pounds
Fat Free Mass: 133.01 pounds
Total Body Water: 97.51 pounds
Yikes! First, I don’t understand how I weigh so little. Second, I didn’t expect my body fat to be that low. In fact, it is below the desirable range, which is 8-20%. This is somewhat disconcerting because marathon workouts have not even begun yet. Fourth meal!
Whoa. To make this a fair fight, you might have to carry weights during the race (like a bobsled). Time to go for the high calorie foods.
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