Some people think that weight on the scales is the only way to measure progress, this blog will explain why this isn’t always the case.

Their is several reasons why measuring your weight on the scales along is not enough to track your progress and depending on your goals this can become more and more irrelevant along for measuring progress for example if your goal is to lose fat and build more muscle, as you progress with your programme and build more muscle your weight will go up as the muscle weight may be higher than the fat you are losing so although you are progressing towards your goals the weight on the scale may give a false impression.

Within my programme I will take various measurements at the start of the programme depending on your specific goals and we will re-measure these same measurements on a regular basis to get a true understanding of the progress you are making and not only the weight shown on a scale.

Some of these measurements depending on your specific goals will be:

Body weight

Body Fat %

Body Fat Caliper Testing

Body Measurements

Progress Photographs

Fitness Testing eg 500m Row time

Stability Testing eg Plank time, Single leg stand time, wall sit time etc

BMI (Body Mass Index)

Waist to Hip Ratio

Blood Pressure

Resting Heart Rate