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| There's been so many posts here about weight. Am I the only one here that doesn't think it's to do with weight, rather fat percentage? I've been whittling away at my fat percentage for the last five years or so.
I know when my percentage was 32%, my balance wasn't that great, my timing wasn't as good, and I was upset by my videos. I currently am at 25.5%, and I'm a lot happier with my riding. I'm on my way to 21%, which is only 9-10 lbs.
I'm a heavy rider if you just look at scale weight, but I've got some horses that clock well when I actually ride them like I have a brain. I currently weigh 156, I'm really gunning for 146! I'm gonna do it!!
My lean weight, with all fat stripped, is 115 lbs. I'm not weight training, I don't think that muscle mass here is an issue, but I am being careful with my diet, and I've started a running program with a psycho Nazi that makes me do crazy $&1+ like run for three minutes, then walk (gasping like a dying fish) for two, then run for three again for longer periods each day. Everyone should have a Nazi in their life...
But back to fat percentage, do you know yours, and how do you think it affects your riding? |
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Location: North Dakota | I have a scale that measures out fat %. I don't know exactly how accurate it is but I'm sure it is pretty close. I have a higher fat percentage right now than I would like. I always seem to put a few pounds of fat on in the winter because of less physical activity (snowed in), and all the warm comfort food (I have no will power...lol). My weight jumps 7 to 6 lbs quite a bit whether it be water, hormones, etc. I can go from 128lbs to 135lbs in a week and then back down. My lean body without fat is 95lbs. I am striving for 118-120lbs. |
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| I did a fitness test at my gym 2 years ago and it was 23%. I now weigh a few pounds more but have toned and put on some muscle so I hope that is the extra pounds. |
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Location: Kentucky | I hang out around 18-20%.
ETA: I'm 6'0" tall and 147-150 pounds. I certainly think that my weight and body fat percentage effects my riding.
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Location: Kansas | I haven't checked mine, I weigh 145lbs....I would like to get down to 120lb-125lbs.....but I can't say away from CHOCOLATE!!!!! |
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Location: North Dakota | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-02-26 9:19 AM I haven't checked mine, I weigh 145lbs....I would like to get down to 120lb-125lbs.....but I can't say away from CHOCOLATE!!!!!
Tell me about it!! |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | Just Bring It - 2015-02-26 8:20 AM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-02-26 9:19 AM I haven't checked mine, I weigh 145lbs....I would like to get down to 120lb-125lbs.....but I can't say away from CHOCOLATE!!!!! Tell me about it!!
I have no clue what my fat % is. I know I go between 115-120. I am just fine with that weight but I need to tone up and start working on my core.
Edited by UTAHCANCHASER 2015-02-26 9:31 AM
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Location: The edge of no where | I just know it's too high......
How do you figure out what it is? (I need simplicity here.)
We've been working out, I'm not on an ideal program..but you fit in what you can, when you can, that way at least I'm doing something.
Mostly doing Elliptical or treadmill and working on my core. I'd really like to drop 10 lbs, it's just taking f-o-r-e-v-e-r! I dropped 15 last year and it made a huge difference in my riding.
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Location: Kansas | UTAHCANCHASER - 2015-02-26 9:28 AM Just Bring It - 2015-02-26 8:20 AM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-02-26 9:19 AM I haven't checked mine, I weigh 145lbs....I would like to get down to 120lb-125lbs.....but I can't say away from CHOCOLATE!!!!! Tell me about it!!
I have no clue what my fat % is. I know I go between 115-120. I am just fine with that weight but I need to tone up and start working on my core.
too bad chocolate doesn't make us skinny LOL |
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Location: Missouri | In the past year I have really gotten into fitness and eating correctly. I started last January at 27% BMI and 164. I weighed in last Saturday and was down to 21% at 146. I was down to 18% last summer and was getting really lean. My goal is 15%! It is hard some days but I just go to the gym when I get a craving or try and make a healthier option that satisfies my craving. |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-02-26 9:26 AM UTAHCANCHASER - 2015-02-26 9:28 AM Just Bring It - 2015-02-26 8:20 AM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-02-26 9:19 AM I haven't checked mine, I weigh 145lbs....I would like to get down to 120lb-125lbs.....but I can't say away from CHOCOLATE!!!!! Tell me about it!!
I have no clue what my fat % is. I know I go between 115-120. I am just fine with that weight but I need to tone up and start working on my core.
I would wither away to nothing if that was the case! LOL |
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Location: The Saudia Arabia of Wind Energy, Western Oklahoma | Is this figure your BMI? If it is then mine is 21. |
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Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| No, BMI is a calculation using your height, weight, and age. I don't like it because it doesn't factor in frame, bone structure, and muscling. It would have me weigh in at 120 lbs to be within appropriate range, though my lean weight is currently 115 lbs. I would have to lose a bunch of muscle and a bunch of fat to get there and still maintain a healthy amount of fat 10-12% required for health. I'm just not doing that!!
The fitness range of fat percentage is 20-24%, and I'm really gunning for that! I'm currently in the acceptable range, and the fat lbs to lose aren't unattainable.
I'm just thinking that without enough muscling, or too much fat, we can't be the riders we want to be.
Currently, I'm not interested on putting on a bunch of muscle, I'd rather keep that the same and lose the fat.
Some people need to lose fat and gain muscle, even the girls that are in a healthy BMI. I'm just wondering who has their fat within the athletic-fitness-acceptable level, and how that affects their riding compared to being obese? I think that being scale heavy is just fine, as long as your fat percentage is taken into account and you are healthy.
Fat percentage can be obtained with a caliper, and some of the new scales are fairly accurate.
This website has some good charts, and there's tons of reading about what fat percentages might mean to all of us. http://www.healthchecksystems.com/bodyfat.htm |
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  Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | When we went through our annual fitness assessment at work last year they did ours, and then whe I joined the gym one year they did it as well. Mine was around 40% if I remember correctly. My BMI was lower than that - so yes, they are different numbers.
I've always had big fluctuations on the scale. The biggest thing that I think makes a difference is strength. I've lost 15-20 pounds and not rode as well as when I was heavier. Even doing a small amount of kettlebells has made a difference for me, which I talk about on my blog, Cowgirls With Curves - http://cowgirlswithcurves.com/
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| classicpotatochip - 2015-02-26 6:51 AM There's been so many posts here about weight. Am I the only one here that doesn't think it's to do with weight, rather fat percentage? I've been whittling away at my fat percentage for the last five years or so. I know when my percentage was 32%, my balance wasn't that great, my timing wasn't as good, and I was upset by my videos. I currently am at 25.5%, and I'm a lot happier with my riding. I'm on my way to 21%, which is only 9-10 lbs. I'm a heavy rider if you just look at scale weight, but I've got some horses that clock well when I actually ride them like I have a brain. I currently weigh 156, I'm really gunning for 146! I'm gonna do it!! My lean weight, with all fat stripped, is 115 lbs. I'm not weight training, I don't think that muscle mass here is an issue, but I am being careful with my diet, and I've started a running program with a psycho Nazi that makes me do crazy $&1+ like run for three minutes, then walk (gasping like a dying fish) for two, then run for three again for longer periods each day. Everyone should have a Nazi in their life... But back to fat percentage, do you know yours, and how do you think it affects your riding?
Weight is weight. A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks no matter how you want to dice it.
Yes being leaner and more "fit" will help with things like balance, reactions time, agility, etc. There are thin models who have a high body fat percentage and bigger people that have lower body fat percentage. If actual weight didn't matter as much you would see taller and bigger jockeys on the race track. They want to be a light as possible and as strong as possible. Pretty much all sports where you have to move over a distance and time is a factor, you want to be as light and strong as possible. Someone carrying 5-10 less pounds will have an easier time moving that weight a particular distance at speed than the person with the extra 5-10 pounds. |
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| My BMI is pretty low but thats because my FSI (Full of **** Index) is so high... |
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Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Itsme - 2015-02-26 5:25 PM My BMI is pretty low but thats because my FSI (Full of **** Index) is so high...
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Location: Bandera, TX | I feel like mine is 100% these days... :( |
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| 3 To Go - 2015-02-26 5:13 PM
classicpotatochip - 2015-02-26 6:51 AM There's been so many posts here about weight. Am I the only one here that doesn't think it's to do with weight, rather fat percentage? I've been whittling away at my fat percentage for the last five years or so. I know when my percentage was 32%, my balance wasn't that great, my timing wasn't as good, and I was upset by my videos. I currently am at 25.5%, and I'm a lot happier with my riding. I'm on my way to 21%, which is only 9-10 lbs. I'm a heavy rider if you just look at scale weight, but I've got some horses that clock well when I actually ride them like I have a brain. I currently weigh 156, I'm really gunning for 146! I'm gonna do it!! My lean weight, with all fat stripped, is 115 lbs. I'm not weight training, I don't think that muscle mass here is an issue, but I am being careful with my diet, and I've started a running program with a psycho Nazi that makes me do crazy $&1+ like run for three minutes, then walk (gasping like a dying fish) for two, then run for three again for longer periods each day. Everyone should have a Nazi in their life... But back to fat percentage, do you know yours, and how do you think it affects your riding?
Weight is weight. A pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks no matter how you want to dice it. Yes being leaner and more "fit" will help with things like balance, reactions time, agility, etc. There are thin models who have a high body fat percentage and bigger people that have lower body fat percentage. If actual weight didn't matter as much you would see taller and bigger jockeys on the race track. They want to be a light as possible and as strong as possible. Pretty much all sports where you have to move over a distance and time is a factor, you want to be as light and strong as possible. Someone carrying 5-10 less pounds will have an easier time moving that weight a particular distance at speed than the person with the extra 5-10 pounds.
You are correct. I just joined a gym and they did not check BMI or body fat. I told them my goals were to improve balance and core strength. Really have not lost any weight but my riding has definitely improved.
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Location: Who knows | Just Bring It - 2015-02-26 9:07 AM
I have a scale that measures out fat %. I don't know exactly how accurate it is but I'm sure it is pretty close. I have a higher fat percentage right now than I would like. I always seem to put a few pounds of fat on in the winter because of less physical activity (snowed in), and all the warm comfort food (I have no will power...lol). My weight jumps 7 to 6 lbs quite a bit whether it be water, hormones, etc. I can go from 128lbs to 135lbs in a week and then back down. My lean body without fat is 95lbs. I am striving for 118-120lbs.
Those scales aren't accurate at all on body fat. A caliper test is better, but DEXA or bodpod or dunk tank is probably the closest (but expensive) ways of getting an accurate reading. |
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