Want to lose weight? Are you sure?

Have you ever tried to get into the bathroom before a weight loss class? Many clients admit to deliberately going to the bathroom just before their weigh-in, they jump up and down after they have lost a half pound, knowing that they are dehydrated or have taken a laxative.

Weight is not what people want to lose, they want to change shape. If you could hit your target weight but you looked the same would you be happy? Losing body fat is the key, if you can do this at the same time as putting on some muscle and toning up all the better. But that may mean that your weight does not change, would you be happy if your jeans fitted better, you lost the muffin-top but weighed the same?

We measure body composition using a little black box that is attached to a couple of pads on your hands and a couple of pads on your foot. The machine is programed with a lot of data, weight, height, gender, exercise level, even ethnicity and then it gives us a wide range of data about what you are composed of. Our machine gives us data on body fat%, hydration, BMI, basal metabolic rate and a whole bunch of other things. We measure how much fat you actually have to lose! 

Our machine is much more accurate than the body fat scales and the hand-to-hand measurements that many facilities use. When I was an instructor in the Fire Department I carried out many hundreds of tests using skin-fold-calipers, I took the body fat of the fire-fighters for their entry tests and for their 3monthly fitness tests, so I can say that I have some experience and skill level. What I have found is that using our machine gives us much better results than the skin-fold-caliper because of the variables that we can program into the machine, plus the hydration measurement is incredibly useful.

After only a few minutes we can tell you much how much body fat you have and what you need to lose. We can then design an exercise program to get you to where you need to be. We will tell you about your hydration status and if you could benefit from drinking more water.

For a short while we are offering body composition analysis for $20 (usually $49). The test is painless, does not require any clothing removal other than a sock and shoe. No appointment necessary just pop by when we are open!