This week we have talked about not making excuses about lacking time to train, how we can really make the most of ten minutes when that’s all we have, and to make quality come first in assessment of our workouts, rather than “just working out for an hour” and that’s our benchmark and that’s it!!
Another not very time consuming tool that’s very powerful for the effort put in is self measurement.
How long does it take to measure your own waist and hips, or get someone else to do it for you?
I have talked about it many times before, if you measure yourself around once a month and see if you have come down a little bit in terms of inches, then you know you’re doing something right!
If an individual comes down 1-2 inches a month, then you would consider that great progress.
Inches off your waist are nearly always a better indication on how you’re doing than weight on the scales, which are often inaccurate due to a variety of reasons.
If you lose weight off your waist, then your clothes will feel much better, another tried and tested way to show progress.
Losing inches off your waist is one of the best ways to tell if you are fit and healthy, and to avoid serious disease.
Your waist size should always be a maximum of half your height in inches.
In other words and using simple maths, say you were 6 foot tall, that would be 72 inches since there are 12 inches in a foot of course.
So your waist should not be more than 36 inches and ideally a little smaller.
Medical science has proven that this is a very good formula for showing true health.
You secretly know too that if you are carrying too much weight on your stomach and hips, that you are not as healthy as you could be, that you will not be as confident as you could be for the summer, when you are likely to be wearing less clothes, that you are not as confident in visiting the doctor for a health check up and you won’t have as much energy as once had when you are in peak condition.
Do the waist test on yourself or get someone else to do it, and in general, you will be able to tell how much work you have to do!!!
